Economists have estimated that low literacy levels cost the Canadian economy billions of dollars annually (Gulati 2013; McCracken and Murray 2010; Sharpe et al.
Inequality and poverty
Les coûts élevés des services de garde dans de nombreuses villes constituent, entre autres, un problème majeur. Notre rapport récent examine les frais de garde d’enfants applicables à trois catégories d’âge (les nourrissons, les tout-petits et les enfants d’âge préscolaire) dans 27 villes canadiennes, ainsi que les différents régimes de subvention qui réduisent ces frais et qui s’adressent aux familles à faible revenu.
La garde d'enfants, est-elle chère chez-vous? (Cliquez pour agrandir l'infographie)
Cet étude révèle les villes où les garderies sont les plus coûteux et les moins abordables au Canada. L’étude porte sur les frais moyens des garderies non subventionnées dans les 27 villes canadiennes les plus populeuses dans le cas des nourrissons, des tout-petits et des enfants d’âge préscolaire, ainsi que les différents régimes de subventions qui réduisent les coûts pour les familles à faible revenu.
A new Errol Black Chair paper explains how a combination of governmental policies and initiatives in Manitoba allows social enterprises to reduce Manitoba’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while training and employing Inner City workers. The provincial government and Manitoba Hydro are supporting social enterprises so they can work in two emerging ‘green’ sectors: building retrofits and alternative energy installations.
A new Errol Black Chair paper explains how a combination of governmental policies and initiatives in Manitoba allows social enterprises to reduce Manitoba’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while training and employing Inner City workers. The provincial government and Manitoba Hydro are supporting social enterprises so they can work in two emerging ‘green’ sectors: building retrofits and alternative energy installations.
By 12:18pm today, just as most Canadians are starting their lunch break on the first official work day of the year, Canada’s highest paid CEOs will have already pocketed $48,636. It takes the average worker an entire year, working full-time to make that. How's that for a power lunch?
Read more in our report, Staying Power: CEO Pay in Canada.
This report looks at the 2008-2014 compensation levels for Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs and finds that the average pay of Canada’s top executives has been extraordinarily resilient, in good times and in bad.
The review finds that the country’s top 100 CEOs pocketed, on average, $8.96 million in 2014—that's 184 times more than the average wage in Canada.
“The root causes of neglect—including poverty, poor housing, food insecurity, and substance abuse—lie beyond the scope of the child welfare system to resolve. But a collaborative approach, working with parents and harnessing the collective resources of child welfare and other provincial government departments, other levels of government, and the province’s many community-based organizations, can make a difference for vulnerable families.” Honourable Ted Hughes, 2014)
Supportive Housing is an important model on the housing continuum and a positive choice for many people living with mental illness. Whether it is because a person faces greater challenges or because they do not wish to live alone, supportive housing, commonly referred to as “group homes”, holds the potential of being a place where residents may develop a greater sense of personal community, as well as providing the additional safety and support that comes with round the clock staff.
TORONTO—On the first working day of the New Year, Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs are seriously power lunching: by 12:18 pm today, their average pay is already $48,636 — what it takes the average full-time, full-year worker all of 2016 to earn.
In the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) annual examination of CEO pay in Canada, the country’s top 100 CEOs pocketed, on average, $8.96 million in 2014 — 184 times more than the average wage in Canada.