income inequality

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Individuals, entrepreneurs and businesses can become successful by providing goods or services to people at a price and quality they demand.


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Intergenerational income mobility is much higher for children of parents with lower levels of income.


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Most Canadians who experience low income do so for only a short period of time over the course of their lives.


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The “poor” not only got significantly richer, they got richer faster than the “rich.”


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From 1993 to 2003, nine of every 10 Canadians who started out in the lowest income group moved up to higher income groups.

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Statistics Canada has identified five characteristics that are associated with being at risk of falling into persistent low-income status.


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The world's intellectual elite say we should be most concerned about inequality. But why?