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Do you earn $3,827.06 an hour?

Need a reminder about why we still mark International Workers’ Day every May 1? The chart below compares the hourly earnings of Canada’s top paid CEOs to the hourly rate of minimum wagers (it also helps explain why so many are fighting for a boost in the minimum wage in their province.

May 1, 2014

Need a reminder about why we still mark International Workers’ Day every May 1?

The chart below compares the hourly earnings of Canada’s top paid CEOs to the hourly rate of minimum wagers (it also helps explain why so many are fighting for a boost in the minimum wage in their province.

How much do CEOs make by hourly rate?

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OECD to Canada: Tax the rich to close fast-growing income gap

Canada’s income gap is among the fastest growing in the developed world, a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report has found. The top 1% in Canada captured 37% of the overall income growth in the last three decades. Only the United States has a worse record, whose wealthy plutocrats took 47% of […]

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Canada’s income gap is among the fastest growing in the developed world, a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report has found.

The top 1% in Canada captured 37% of the overall income growth in the last three decades. Only the United States has a worse record, whose wealthy plutocrats took 47% of the total income growth in the same period.

The OECD explains that “changes in tax policies have contributed to…

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