Conservative MP binges on steak and red wine after 5 days of poverty

Published May 2, 2015

Let them eat steak! Conservative MP Laurie Hawn had an eye-opening experience this week, spending five days living below the poverty line with only $1.75 per day to spend on food. And that’s good. After all, Hawn represents the riding of Edmonton-Centre and one in eight Edmontonians currently live in poverty — including one in every five […]

It’s official: messing with unions messes up the middle-class

Published May 1, 2015

Isn’t this common sense? A new study released Friday by the Centre for Policy Alternatives shows union coverage has a concrete relationship with inequality and the health of Canada’s middle-class. The study finds that individuals and families with someone represented by unions are “far more likely to find themselves in the middle and upper-middle class.” […]

5 Problems We Need To Wait For Stephen Harper’s Granddaughter To Solve

Published April 22, 2015

Carpe diem! We knew Bay Street types can only see one quarter at a time — but does Finance Minister Joe Oliver even care about the future? When asked by CBC’s Amanda Lang Tuesday night if his budget was saddling future governments without revenues to solve future problems by doubling the contribution limit of Tax-Free […]

Rise of income inequality is linked to decline of unions: new IMF study

Published March 2, 2015

Unions have been given their due by the International Monetary Fund. Income inequality rises when unionization declines, according to a new global analysis of advanced economies — including Canada: “The decline in unionization is strongly associated with the rise of income shares at the top,” according to an upcoming report from two IMF economists — accounting for about half […]

Reality bites: Canadians vastly underestimate wealth gap, want more balance

Published December 15, 2014

Canada’s wealth gap is far greater than most people assume and the numbers point to all things being unequal. A new landmark report from the Broadbent Institute reveals that Canadians vastly understimate the wealth gap in Canada. Ed Broadbent himself explains in this video: While most Canadians (86%) think the gap between rich and […]

VIDEO. Robert Reich to CEOs: you’re not the job creators

Published November 22, 2014

Robert Reich sure doesn’t need much time to rip apart conservative talking points on the economy. The former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, featured in the award-winning documentary Inequality for All, needed just two minutes during a speech in Toronto this week to explain why “anybody who tells you that CEOs at big […]

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