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  1. Increasing the Minimum Wage in Alberta: A Flawed Anti-Poverty Policy

    Main Conclusions As part of its effort to reduce poverty, Premier Rachel Notley’s government will raise Alberta’s minimum wage from $10.20 per hour, the rate when the Notley government took office three years ago, to $15 in October 2018. But, raising the ...

  2. The Illusion of Alberta’s Jobs Recovery: Government vs. Private Sector Employment

    With a drop in commodity prices in 2014 and the ensuing economic downturn, Alberta’s weakened labour market has attracted considerable attention. Nonetheless, Premier Rachel Notley’s government has touted recent employment figures as a sign that ...

  3. Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States: 2018 Edition

    Labour markets are critical components of an economy. They are the mechanism through which we allocate one of our most valuable and productive resources: human work, effort, creativity, and ingenuity. Labour markets match human skills, supplied by ...

  4. Comparing Municipal Government Finances in Metro Vancouver, 2018 Edition

    Municipal governments play an important role in the lives of British Columbians by providing important services and collecting taxes. But municipal finances do not receive the same degree of public scrutiny as the finances of senior governments. This can ...

  5. Canada should follow U.S. example and give workers more choice

    Canadians should be aware of a recent landmark Supreme Court decision in the United States (Janus v. AFSCME) that will give American workers more choice by allowing workers in the government sector (federal, state and local) to decide ...

  6. Bringing government employee compensation in line with private-sector norms key for B.C. budget

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, June 25, 2018 During last year’s election campaign, and in his first full budget as premier, John Horgan (pictured above) promised to balance British Columbia’s operating budget. If his NDP government remains committed to ...

  7. Time to rethink using the minimum wage as an anti-poverty tool in Ontario

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 20, 2018 Former prime minister Kim Campbell once famously quipped that “an election is no time to discuss serious issues.” Unfortunately, this is often true, as exemplified by the lack of meaningful debate on minimum wage ...

  8. Time to rethink minimum wage as an anti-poverty tool in Ontario

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, June 20, 2018 Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell once famously quipped that “an election is no time to discuss serious issues.” Unfortunately, this is often true, as exemplified by the lack of meaningful debate on minimum wage ...

  9. Increasing the Minimum Wage in Ontario: A Flawed Anti-Poverty Policy

    Main Conclusions As part of its Poverty Reduction Strategy, former Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government was planning to raise the minimum wage from $11.60 in 2017 to $15 per hour by 2019. But, raising the minimum wage is not an effective way to alleviate ...

  10. Report gives false impression on senior poverty in British Columbia

    A new report released by the Social Planning and Research Council of B.C. (SPARC B.C.), in partnership with the United Way, has prompted headlines that senior poverty in B.C. has “ spiked ” and is higher than in other provinces. ...