Income Inequality

• Westmount, Town of Mount Royal rank among top 5 most unequal municipalities in Canada

  Income inequality, known for its corrosive effects on health, happiness and community ties, is worse in Westmount, Que., than in any other place in Canada.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2023
  
• West Vancouver, Vancouver place near top of list ranking income inequality

  The highest-earning 10 per cent of households in West Vancouver made nine times more than the lowest-earning 10 per cent.

  Economy

  Sep 21, 2023
  
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• MLHU report highlights struggles low-income Londoners face affording nutritious food

  According to the report, a family of four on Ontario Works spends an estimated 40 per cent of their monthly after-tax income on nutritious food.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2023
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• The danger of the fading middle-class dream

  For too many Canadians who followed the rules and got life right, the middle-class dream is dying, Darrell Bricker and Mike Colledge write. How did it all go so wrong?

  Commentary

  Apr 6, 2022
• B.C. government to consult groups on new legislation to help close gender pay gap

  According to MLA Stephanie Cadieux, women in B.C. continue to earn 18.6 per cent less than men, which is the largest pay gap in Canada.

  Politics

  Mar 8, 2022
• Conservative leader says party must take financial inequality more seriously

  Erin O'Toole said that the way the country creates wealth needs to be reframed, or else "less reasonable'' forces will do it instead in a speech Friday.

  Politics

  Oct 30, 2020
• Rethink Nova Scotia social policies to reduce rising income inequality: study

  The study cites Statistics Canada figures indicating that between 1998 and 2018, the share of the province's total income going to the top 10 per cent of society has grown.

  Economy

  Mar 11, 2020
• Income inequality in Canada divided along racial lines, new report says

  The analysis in the report suggests a discrepancy between racialized Canadians and non-racialized, or white, Canadians, as the authors define them.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2019
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• City’s livable wage has risen by 4.3%, says London Poverty Research Centre

  The London Poverty Research Centre says people in the city need an hourly wage of $16.20 to meet the minimum requirement of economic security.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2019
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• Corporations must pay well, offer good benefits, say Apple, JPMorgan CEOs — and 179 more

  For decades, corporations have focused on "shareholder primacy." It wasn't always this way.

  World

  Aug 19, 2019