Tag: canadian centre for policy alternatives

Canada’s Wealth Gap Between Affluent & Middle Class: 2015 Study Reveals Much More Extreme Gaps

The following video (2009) presents Canada’s Growing Gap: “The income gap between the rich and the rest of us grew, in good times and in bad. Learn more about it with this video.“ The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) recently released a study, by CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald, The Wealth Advantage: The Growing…

June 30, 2015
You’re Invited: Equity Literacy Forum- Towards a Classism Reduction Strategy for Ontario Oct.29, 2014

This video presents Classism in Canada. Classism and poverty in British Columbia and Canada. The Put Food in the Budget (PFIB) – a non-profit organization – invites you to an Equity Literacy Forum on Towards a Classism Reduction Strategy for Ontario, October 29, 2014, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at College Street United Church, 452…

October 15, 2014
Ontario’s Minimum Wage Increases to $11 Per Hour on June 1, 2014

This is an update to the previous blogs: Canadian Campaign for a $14 Minimum Wage in Ontario: On the 14th of Every Month-Starting Today 2013; and Your Input: Canadian Poverty Consultation for Ontario Until October 2013. “Virtually every Canadian trying to survive on minimum wage in any province – and the wages vary – lives…

January 30, 2014