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Bill Morneau Says Canadians Are Seeing the ‘Strongest Wage Growth’ in Years. The Data Shows That’s Not True.

Published November 26, 2018 Fact-Check

Canadian wages have mostly stagnated since Bill Morneau was named finance minister in 2015

Why is the Media Citing This Social Conservative Group as Experts on BC’s New Local Jobs Agreement?

Published July 19, 2018 Fact-Check

Some of BC’s biggest media outlets are presenting a dubious social conservative think tank as experts on labour agreements

Canada’s richest 1% got a lot richer since the 1980s. The middle class has not

Published June 8, 2017

Middle-income Canadians saw wages go up $3 per hour as they went up $40 per hour for Canada's richest 1%.

Here are 3 big ways the 21st century economy is failing Canadian workers

Published May 1, 2017

Canadian workers are producing more than ever, but what they're getting in return is declining job quality with lower-wages and insecure contract work.

CIBC Report: Canada is ‘deteriorating’ into a country of low-wage, part-time jobs

Published December 15, 2016

A new report from one of Canada's biggest banks says the quality of employment in Canada is in decline.

Canadian workers are more productive than ever. So why aren’t wages rising too?

Published November 16, 2016

Canadian workers are more productive than ever but those gains aren't showing up on their paycheques – and that's "hollowing out" the middle class.

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