TORONTO – A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-Ontario) report challenges the Ontario government to take 10 steps to close the province’s persistent pay gap between men and women.
The report, 10 Ways To Close Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap, shows women in Ontario still earn 28 per cent less than men – despite increased levels of education and workforce participation.
Inequality and poverty
Regina – In the summer of 2012, the Saskatchewan government published its anti-poverty strategy "From Dependence to Independence" claiming that no previous administration in the province had approached the challenge of poverty “with a comparable commitment to holistic, cross-government solutions.” A new report from the Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives assesses the claims of the government’s strategy critically comparing Saskatchewan’s anti-poverty plan to that of other provincial programs to reduce poverty.
OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ analysis of new data on Canada’s richest 1% shows how much the income gap has been rising in Canada.
The richest 1% of Canadians make almost $180,000 more today than they did in 1982 (adjusted for inflation). The bottom 90% of Canadians saw income gains of only $1,700.
(Vancouver) An opinion research study released today shows the public is ahead of political leaders when it comes to tax policy. It finds most British Columbians — regardless of how they would vote in a provincial election — are in favour of changes to BC’s tax system to ensure everyone pays a fair share and to enable new or enhanced public services.
On October 4th, the CCPA proudly hosted the 2012 David Lewis Lecture, a series that examines the future of democracy in Canada. This year’s lecture featuredGeneration Now—four emerging voices on the Canadian political landscape: Vancouver's Emma Pullman (SumOfUs) and Jamie Biggar (Leadnow), and activists Brigette DePape and Ben Powless.
Watch the full 2012 David Lewis Lecture here:
TORONTO -- The concentration of power in the corporate sector is perpetuating income inequality trends in Canada, says a study published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
The study, A Shrinking Universe: How Concentrated Corporate Power is Shaping Income Inequality in Canada, links the rise of the richest Canadians with a shift toward more concentrated power within the country’s largest firms.
Increasingly, leadership for policy change comes from outside of government, not from within.
It’s why many Ontarians who are focused on reducing and eliminating poverty in this province have engaged in a broadening conversation about how to end working poverty through decent jobs, a better minimum wage, and a concept that’s gathering force: a living wage.
Here’s how they relate to one another.
Seth Klein, Director of the BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, speaks about his experiences with a living wage policy. Recorded October 11th, 2012 at Ryerson University. Produced by the CCPA Ontario office with support from the Metcalf Foundation.
Watch the presentation below:
India's poor rural majority has benefited little from the country’s economic boom, and in fact has seen its position worsen. The same pro-free-market economic reforms that have made India attractive to Western capital and benefited the urban-based middle and upper classes have increased the impoverishment of the rural population which comprises about 70% of the country’s inhabitants -- or 700 million people, of whom as many as 400 million are now landless.
This report looks at the history of the minimum wage and living wage in Ontario and makes the case for a living wage as an essential tool to help reduce income inequality. The report was written for Ontario's first ever living wage conference, hosted October 11 and 12, 2012 in Toronto by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Ontario office.