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  • Hennessy’s Index: October 2013

    Pseudo Census Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 2010 The year the federal government scrapped Canada’s mandatory long-form census, replacing it with a voluntary survey. It sparked a Save The Census…

  • Hennessy’s Index: September 2013

    Unions Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 1872 The year more than 100 printers in Toronto went on strike. They won the right to a 9-hour work day (down from 12…

  • The problem with the Fraser Institute’s consumer tax index

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  • Making Women Count

    Hennessy’s Index: April 2013

    Canada’s Pay Gap Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 32 Percentage, on average, that women earn less than men in Canada. That means that on average, a woman makes only 68…

  • Hennessy’s Index: March 2013

    What is Middle class? Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 0 Agreement among economists on what constitutes Canada’s middle class. It varies based on whether you look at family or individual…

  • Growing Gap

    Hennessy’s Index: February 2013

    The Dominance of Canada’s 1% Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index $201,400 The entry point to become one of Canada’s richest 1% of income earners. In other words, if you make…

  • Hennessy’s Index: January 2013

    First Nations: The Long Shadow of Assimilation Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 150,000 Number of Aboriginal children who were taken from their families and forced into residential schools as part…

  • Good Economy Project

    Fraser Institute Tax Index: Half a Century of Fuzzy Math

    Overstates average taxes and ignores the introduction of new public services during the past half-century. On April 19, 2010, the Fraser Institute released The Canadian Consumer Tax Index, 2010.  This report overstates average taxes and ignores the introduction of new public services during the past half-century. It does so in…

  • Education Project

    The Innovation Gap and the Problem with Research Funding in Canada

    While concerns about Canada’s innovation gap have become cliché, too often these observations ignore the elephant in the room: funding for Canadian Researchers is based on a broken funding system. We hope to re-ignite a longstanding conversation in Canada about how to better use limited research dollars to support more…

  • Research for Communities: Green New Deal Needed in Canada Too

    First it was 44 million, then 66 million and now 78 million tonnes of C02: every year Environment Canada increases the amount by which Canada is projected to miss its Paris Agreement target [i]. “Transitions to a cleaner future are hard,” said Environment Minister Catherine McKenna in a press conference…

  • Close up of Apartment for Rent sign on a fence in front of a house.

    Submission to Law Amendments on BILL NO. 262: Interim Residential Rental Increase Cap Act

    Submitted April 3rd, 2023, by Catherine Leviten-Reid and Christine Saulnier Download 296.86 KB4 pages Before the emergency pandemic cap and temporary extensions, Nova Scotia had been without rent controls since they were eliminated in 1993 when the province faced vacancy rates as high as 12%.[i] Due to the abolishment of…

  • A convenient distraction: racism

    A convenient distraction: Is racist messaging being used in BC’s provincial election?

    Ever since the economy started to slow down, the political discourse in BC has shifted dramatically. Immigrants and international students are blamed for the housing crisis and for driving down wages; people experiencing homelessness, addiction or mental health crises are blamed for making public spaces “unsafe” and engaging in crime;…