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  • Job creation alone will not solve BC’s poverty problem

    Whenever he’s confronted with questions about BC’s record high child poverty rates or by the growing income inequality in the province, our Premier maintains that the best social policy is a job. In fact, reducing the costs of doing business in BC seems to be this government’s chief economic strategy.…

  • New Living Wage Reports Force Us to Look at Child Poverty in the City

    There reports released today show that the costs of supporting a family are rising fast in the three largest urban areas of our province, home to 2/3 of BC’s population. Two parents working full-time must each earn $20.10/hour in Metro Vancouver, $18.93/hour in Greater Victoria and $17.02/hour in the Fraser…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Poverty reduction commitment needed from all BC political parties

    Concrete plan more important than ever in economic downturn: report READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–As the provincial election draws closer, a new report calls on BC’s political parties to commit to legislated targets and timelines to dramatically reduce poverty and homelessness. British Columbia has the highest poverty rate in…

  • Playing politics with poverty in Manitoba

    It’s been a bad week for advocates working to improve the lives of people living in poverty.  Recent child poverty statistics continue to show high rates for Manitoba and Monday’s throne speech gave no hint that poverty will be a priority in the next budget. Make Poverty History Manitoba and…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Alternative Federal Budget would lift 1.1 million out of poverty, create 520,000 jobs

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The 2016 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), projects a federal deficit of $29.2 billion for 2016-17 when Liberal platform measures are taken into account. It also delivers a blueprint showing how the government could take on…

  • Status First Nations child poverty rates deplorably high: report

    Towards Justice: Tackling Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada­—released in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)—tracks child poverty rates using Census 2006, the 2011 National Household Survey and Census 2016.

  • Poverty: How do we measure up? Very poorly

    Discussions about poverty in Canada and BC are, sadly, forever weighed down by debates about how to define and measure poverty. Statistics Canada’s low-income cut-off (LICO) is the line most commonly used, as it is the only measure reliably produced by the federal government each year. It is imperfect, but…

  • Low income Manitobans falling behind in 2018

    As we roll into 2018, low income Manitobans are falling further behind. While minimum wage in Ontario went up on January 1 to $14 per hour, in Manitoba it is stuck at a poverty level of $11.15 per hour. This leaves minimum wage workers up to $5,700 per year behind…

  • 2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia

    End It Now Download 1.07 MB28 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress on the House of Commons’ 1989 pledge to end child poverty by the year 2000. This year’s report—now 15 years after the pledge deadline—takes an in-depth…

  • Fast Facts: Winnipeg’s Racism Challenge

    The Maclean’s article citing Winnipeg as Canada’s most racist city has prompted a public conversation that may prove to be useful. It is important that Winnipeg’s two solitudes get to know each other, at a personal and social level, and that non-Aboriginal people speak to and about Aboriginal people in…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Work Life: A Roadmap for Adult Education in Manitoba

    Manitoba is awash with problems. Many have been allowed to grow for decades. There is no quick fix. However, one part of a longer-term solution—and governments really must begin to think longer term—is an enhanced adult basic education system. Luckily, adult educators in Manitoba have contributed to a detailed “roadmap,”…

  • Why increasing government spending makes economic sense

    Author’s note: The latest BC government throne speech promised “to help solve big challenges – like inequality and climate change – with growth that is inclusive and sustainable.” CCPA-BC will closely analyze the upcoming BC Budget to determine whether the government’s intention is backed by the increased levels of public…