Despite Canada's economic recovery since COVID-19, 'women’s employment has continued to lag in accommodation and food services, personal services, and in arts, entertainment, and recreation,' write @policyalternatives senior economist Katherine Scott #canfem kirklandlakevoice.ca/in-the-news/fo…

Want to learn more about the community housing sector? The CCPA–BC senior economist Alex Hemingway explains how it can be financially sustainable. theconversation.com/debunking-myth…

'.@policyalternatives [has] applauded important investments in non-market, social housing through [various programs] and by linking infrastructure funding with housing. [But], they note [critically] that Budget 2024 still prioritizes spending on private market housing.' cpj.ca/fair-not-quite…

The COVID-19 pandemic upended everyone’s lives, but the economic hammer fell most harshly on frontline service workers in the public and private sectors,' said @policyalternatives senior researcher, Katherine Scott. #canfem troymedia.com/politicslaw/fo…

Directrice du CCPA-NS, Dr Christine Saulnier, juge elle aussi les actions du gouvernement néo-écossais insuffisantes. A ses yeux, le dernier plan de réduction de la pauvreté de la province qui remonte à 15 ans est inutilisable. acadienouvelle.com/dossier/2024/0….

COVID-19 wiped out 35 yrs of women’s economic gains in 2 short months. My new report looks at women’s experiences over the last 4 years. The recovery has been as unequal as the pandemic itself. A 🧵1/10 @policyalternatives bit.ly/4b4Jrvi

Many women workers in Canada continue to feel the economic upheavals of the Covid-19 pandemic. Decent work is still out of reach, especially for women in low-paying jobs. Read more in Katherine Scott's new report, Work in Progress: #canfem monitormag.ca/reports/work-i…

' #BritishColumbia is head and shoulders above any other province in its action on housing policy... Despite all this, we’re still not meeting the demands of the crisis, which remains severe.' The CCPA–BC senior economist Alex Hemingway thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/0…

'Ontario is the worst province at spending money on public programs...The government is using big numbers to make people think they’re doing big things [but they're not],' said CCPA Ontario director, Randy Robinson. #onpoli saultthisweek.com/news/local-new…

En 2024-25, l’Ontario aura 5 mille enseignants de moins qu'en 2018-19. Oui, les téléphones portables sont une source de distraction. Mais le vrai problème est le sous-financement des écoles. (Pertes par conseil scolaire ci-dessous. ). #onfr #onted #onpoli
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A living wage in Winnipeg would come to just over $19 per hour, says the CCPA-MB
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New on @policyalternatives Monitor: Ontario is spending less and less on schools. By Ricardo Tranjan CCPA Ontario monitormag.ca/articles/ontar…

Ontario is spending less and less on schools. $1,500 less per student compared to 2018-19. Analysis and chart in the link below. #onted Ontario Politics.
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“Seeing a 52% increase in [food insecurity] should be the wake-up call needed for the #novascotia government to understand just how many people are falling through the gaps in our social safety net,” Dr Christine Saulnier CCPA-NS halifaxcitynews.ca/2024/05/01/ala…

'We don't have living wages [in #novascotia ],' Dr Christine Saulnier . 'We don't have enough people working at decent jobs with enough hours in order to survive. Those are all things that our government could be addressing, and have the resources to do.' CCPA-NS
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It’s unfair for the province as a whole to have gig economy employers not fully participating in the Canadian Pension Plan and Employment Insurance,' said CCPA-MB senior researcher Niall Harney winnipegfreepress.com/business/2024/…

'[There are big] inequities in the Canadian tax system... [So] we need higher top rates and elimination of various tax preference... that primarily benefit top earners.' @policyalternatives Marc Lee DT Cochrane Canadians for Tax Fairness thestar.com/opinion/contri…

“If the workers of the world want to win, all they have to do is recognize their own solidarity. They have nothing to do but fold their arms and the world will stop. The workers are more powerful with their hands in the pockets than all the property of capitalists.”
― Howard Zinn

Royal commissions have advocated for a progressive tax system. Our new study of Canada’s tax system, which examined all sources of income and all taxes across the income distribution, finds that we have not achieved that. Canadians for Tax Fairness #cdnpoli #cdnecon thestar.com/opinion/contri…