Canada, like most industrial countries has its fair share of economists and politicians arguing that Canada has an inequality crisis requiring large-scale, even unprecedented government intervention to solve. More often than not the issue of inequality and how we measure it is grossly over-simplified.
income inequality
July 30, 2015
10:00AM
Much has been written about income inequality. You can hardly find a current affairs magazine, newspaper or television program that has not dealt with income inequality recently.
June 24, 2015
10:00AM
Is Canada still a land of opportunity? If you base your opinion on what sometimes appears on editorial pages or social media threads, you might not be sure.
April 7, 2015
8:00AM
The B.C. government recently announced it will increase the minimum wage in September to $10.45 per hour. Thereafter, annual increases will be automatically pegged at the rate of inflation.
January 6, 2015
9:00AM
A number of pundits and activists regularly claim CEOs are grossly overpaid compared to average workers.
September 18, 2014
6:00AM
July 21, 2014
6:00AM
Given the continuous stream of media stories highlighting growing income inequality, it’s understandable that Canadians are worried about the implications. Thankfully however, the story of rapidly rising income inequality in Canada is just that, a great fictional tale.