Jason Kenney and the child poverty report that didn’t quite say what he says it said

Published November 5, 2014

You can criticize Jason Kenney for a lot of things. But you can’t criticize the Employment Minister for lacking in wishful thinking. This week in the House of Commons, the Opposition asked Kenney about the rise in the number of people visiting food banks since 2008. (A new report from Food Banks Canada says 1.8 million Canadians will […]

Canada’s CEO-to-worker pay gap among the worst in the Western world

Published September 30, 2014

Does your boss work 206 times harder than you do? According to data compiled by the American Federation of Labour (AFO-CIO), Canadian CEOs make 206 times more than the average Canadian worker. That number is actually the second biggest CEO-to-worker pay gap among the 19 countries AFL-CIO looked at and laid out on this interactive world […]

VIDEO. Zillionaire-to-zillionaire: there will be pitchforks if inequality isn’t tackled

Published August 13, 2014

Entrepreneur Nick Hanauer is a super-rich guy who, in his own words, is a “proud and unapologetic capitalist.” He owns multiple houses, a yacht and his own private jet. And he’s got a message for his fellow “zillionaires“: the pitchforks are coming for us. The reason? Growing inequality. Hanauer provides a road map to tackle obscene levels […]

Watch fast-food workers explain why a living wage is good for the economy

Published August 4, 2014

Need a quick explanation about why the low-wage, anti-union business model of many fast-food companies is bad for the economy? Watch these fast-food workers in the U.S. explain. Paid on average an hourly wage of $8.90, they’re fighting for a $15 wage (above the minimum wage in Canada) and the right to unionize without retaliation. […]

Income inequality: Mary Poppins has had enough

Published July 27, 2014

Mary Poppins has had enough! For too long, the Chim-Chim-Cheree Poppins has been busting her chops to keep the Banks’ house in running order – all the while imparting important life lessons to little Jane and Michael through song and dance. Now she’s looking for her keep, and a spoonful of sugar ain’t gonna cut […]

Rising income inequality the “new normal”: study

Published July 24, 2014

Increasing levels of economic inequality are the “new normal” and we can expect them to get worse, not better. That’s the key takeaway from a recent study on long-run levels of income growth in Canada, Australia and the United States published by the OECD. The study highlights the explosive rise of incomes in the top […]

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