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  • State of the Inner City Report Launch

    Celebrating 10 years of community-based research: the 2014 State of the Inner City Report launch Tuesday December 16, 2014 Circle of Life Thunderbird House 715 Main Street Lunch 11:30 am Program – 12-1:15 pm Poverty in Winnipeg’s inner city is often a topic of public and media attention, but neighbourhood-level…

  • The Shortcomings of Philanthropy

    Philanthropy no substitute for a truly just society When U.S. investment guru Warren Buffett donated $31 billion to the foundation headed by software mogul Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, visions dawned of a new golden age of philanthropy. The mammoth gift doubled the size of the Bill & Melinda…

  • “Markers” of Wealth and Poverty in BC

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  • Tackling inequality means rethinking upper-income tax rates

    2011 was the year rising inequality finally exploded into the mainstream discourse. A few year-end reading recommendations: Victoria Times-Colonist editorial writer Paul Willcocks wrote a terrific piece on the subject (you can find it here); and similarly, a group of UBC economists (including CCPA research associate David Green) authored a…

  • Fast Facts: Connecting the Dots

    The OECD Report on Poverty and Winnipeg’s Inner City There has been much progress in addressing the issues facing Winnipeg’s inner city in recent years, but there remain many challenges. This reality frustrates no one more than those individuals working on the front lines with people who continue to be…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    2014 living wage calculation: Parents need two minimum wage jobs each to support a family in Metro Vancouver

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is $20.10 per hour. This is the 2014 Metro Vancouver living wage rate, the hourly wage that two working parents with two young…

  • Low-Income Families With Children Owed First Call on Government Surpluses

    HALIFAX – Authors of Nova Scotia’s Child Poverty Report Card say each tax cut for an economically secure Canadian is a broken promise to a child living in poverty. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives releases an annual report to record changes in the rates of child and family poverty…

  • Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2001

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  • Bangladeshis Victims of Corporate Exploitation

    Western companies responsible for deaths of garment workers In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 garment workers and injuring more than 2,500. The building contained four garment factories. This was the worst industrial disaster in Bangladesh’s history, and the worst in the garment sector’s…

  • Electing to House Canadians – or Not?

    Little has been said by the political parties about housing in the lead up to the federal election on May 2. This is surprising, considering that approximately 1.27 million households (or 12.4 percent of Canadian households) live in housing that requires major repairs, is overcrowded, and/or costs more than 30…

  • Fast Facts: Electing to house Canadians – or not?

    Little has been said by the political parties about housing in the lead-up to the federal election on May 2. This is surprising, considering that approximately 1.27 million households (or 12.4 percent of Canadian households) live in housing that requires major repairs, is overcrowded, and/or costs more than 30 percent…

  • Economic Security Project (BC)

    Living wage shows real cost of raising a family

    Would lift thousands out of poverty, share prosperity of BC’s economy READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) A new study calls on major public and private sector employers to pay a living wage that would lift low-income families out of poverty and severe financial stress. A living wage allows lower-income…