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  • An increase so small it keeps minimum wage workers in poverty

    Today, BC’s lowest paid workers get a 40-cent raise. The latest increase of the provincial minimum wage—now $10.85 per hour for most workers isn’t much to celebrate. It works out to an extra $16 per week for someone working full-time – and that doesn’t stretch far in a province with…

  • BC minimum wage increase leaves workers in poverty

    After close to three years of no change, the BC minimum wage was overdue for an increase. But the measly raise announced today falls far short of what is necessary. The 20c per hour increase, scheduled to come into effect on Sept 15, 2015,  amounts to a raise of just under…

  • Poverty Measures: Opportunity or Distraction?

    Download 421.87 KB 17 pages Starting in 2004, almost all provinces and territories, several regions and municipalities, and the federal government have released poverty reduction strategies or discussion papers. Initially, the willingness of governments to develop plans focused on poverty reduction was met with enthusiasm from communities and advocates who…

  • A generation of broken promises: 1 in 5 of Nova Scotia’s children live in poverty

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax—This 25th anniversary of the House of Commons pledge to end child poverty is a shameful one in Nova Scotia, and indeed Canada. Not only have we broken the promise to end child poverty for the children who were living it in 1989,…

  • A Canada Without Compassion: A Modest Proposal from the Fraser Institute

    The Fraser Institute would like to remove compassion from the policy debate about poverty in Canada. Why? Because, according to the author of this report, Christopher Sarlo, compassion is causing us to confuse those who have lower income with those who do not have enough income to sustain life. For Sarlo,…

  • Poverty costs Nova Scotia over $1 billion a year

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX–The total economic cost of poverty in Nova Scotia is at least $1.5 to $2.2 billion dollars per year, accounting for between 5% – 7% of Nova Scotia’s GDP in 2008.  The portion of the total cost borne by society (the social cost) is at…

  • Where’s the fanfare for tackling poverty effectively? Connecting the dots between three political moments over three months

    The following op-ed was originally published in The Georgia Straight. On June 16, I attended the B.C. government’s Disability Summit, the culmination of a three-month public consultation process on disability in B.C. I watched Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation Don McRae lead the audience through the event. I…

  • Where’s the fanfare for tackling poverty effectively?

    Connecting the dots between three political moments over three months The following op-ed was originally published in The Georgia Straight. On June 16, I attended the B.C. government’s Disability Summit, the culmination of a three-month public consultation process on disability in B.C. I watched Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation…

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    2019 Rosenbluth Lecture Recap: David Green on Basic Income

    David Green, Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia and Research Associate with the CCPA-BC, gave the eighth annual Rosenbluth lecture on October 3, 2019. David is heading up the BC government’s panel on basic income. His lecture was followed by three discussants who…

  • Growing Gap

    40% of Indigenous children in Canada live in poverty: study

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Indigenous children in Canada are over two and a half times more likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous children, according to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Save the Children Canada. The study disaggregates child poverty statistics…

  • Fast Facts: Reforming Education in Manitoba

    Previously published by CBC online November 21, 2021 Although Bill 64 has been abandoned, the provincial government will soon have another go at reforming K-12 education. What should they do?  Poverty is the number one cause of poor educational outcomes for children. Far too many children in Manitoba are growing…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    The time is now for a legislated poverty reduction plan

    200 community organizations & leaders to BC political parties CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT On February 5, the CCPA’s BC Office joined with 200 other organizations from across the province as signatories to an open letter calling for a legislated poverty reduction plan. Together these groups launched a…