Lower Wages, Less Job Security: More Than 2 Million Canadians Worked in Temporary Jobs Last Year

Published May 17, 2019 News

‘This inequality is not accidental’: Canadian workers stuck in temporary jobs earn $6 per hour less than permanent workers

Two-Thirds of All Assets in Canada’s Economy Are Now Owned By Under 1% of All Companies

Published April 1, 2019 News

Multinational corporations currently own 67% of all assets in Canada's economy

New Census Data Shows Canadians Get Paid A Lot Less Based On the Colour of Their Skin

Published October 26, 2017 Analysis

Racialized workers in Canada are paid only 80 cents for every dollar white workers are paid

BREAKING: Statistics Canada head resigns, accuses Trudeau Liberals of ‘compromising independence’

Published September 16, 2016

PressProgress has learned Canada's Chief Statistician has resigned amid accusations the Liberal government is compromising the independence of Statistics Canada.

Jobs minister Pierre Poilievre deletes tweet about job losses, keeps tweet about Drake

Published July 10, 2015

June’s job numbers are in. No doubt you are already asking yourself: how did Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre react to the news? Despite Statistics Canada reporting a net job loss of 6,400 jobs, with 71,000 part-time job losses offsetting any gains in full-time employment, or the problem of 26,000 fewer youths having a job in June compared […]

These trend lines show Canada’s job market moving in the wrong direction

Published October 9, 2014

Since monthly job numbers can be “volatile,” Finance Minister Joe Oliver likes to say that, “what’s more important is the long-term trend of job growth in Canada.” Well, University of Ottawa economics professor and Broadbent Institute policy fellow Miles Corak has crunched the numbers since 2005, and the trend lines aren’t pretty. Here’s a snapshot of what Corak found: […]