Jason Kenney’s Plan is Aiming to Drive Down Wages, Gut Holiday Pay and Weaken Workers’ Rights

Published March 20, 2019 Analysis

Here are three very bad things Jason Kenney has already proposed he wants to do to workers in Alberta

New Data Shows Wages Stagnated and Inequality Grew Even as the Canadian Economy Boomed in 2017

Published March 4, 2019 News

Biggest gains went to the wealthiest 10%, not to working families

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.