Ladder up and out: labour training as poverty escape
The need for digital upskilling is great, and the demand for talented workers continues to grow. How impactful would it be if many of these new workers came from underrepresented groups?
Parliamentary Budget Office says ending tax exemption for real estate investment trusts would generate at least $285.8-million in additional revenue over five years
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office says the federal government ‘continues to evaluate the impact’ that large corporate landlords have on rental housing across Canada.
Budget offers ‘underwhelming’ response to worsening housing crisis, say advocates
Stakeholders say greater targeted supports for the most-vulnerable Canadians and an increased share of co-op and non-profit housing are needed to meet the ‘gravity of the affordable rental housing crisis.’
Budget should bolster commitment to workers in changing economy
If the government is going to provide billions of dollars in tax incentives to the private sector to meet a net-zero carbon-based energy economy, then that revenue from the treasury must help to create good, middle-class jobs.
‘Too much, too quickly’: economists warn of Liberal ‘pro-business’ immigration policy
The government’s rhetoric doesn’t match reality when it comes to higher immigration targets and labour shortages, say three labour economists. But the Century Initiative’s Lisa Lalande argues that economists who are critical of the higher immigration targets are taking a ‘very narrow perspective,’ and should be looking at measures of economic prosperity besides per capita income.
‘No one-size-fits-all approach’: House committee tackles improving Indigenous graduation rates
‘Self-determination is the key out of this mess,’ said Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu during her March 6 committee appearance.
Canada facing wave of new homelessness: Gatineau, Que., reader
Canada is facing a wave of new homelessness in the face of inflation and the ongoing impact of the pandemic. This is impacting hundreds of thousands of Canadians as they struggle to make ends meet as everything gets more and more expensive. They are workers, retirees, families, veterans, men, women, even children. It is impacting […]
This just in: high poverty rates and inequality are not inevitable
Disposable income inequality peaked in 2004. And the overall relative poverty rate, using a common international definition, peaked in 2015. Between 2004-2015, little progress was made in reducing disposable income inequality. But since 2015, there has been a remarkable reversal in these trends.
Return-to-office mandate a step backwards for all Canadians
The offices aren’t ready, lacking equipment and offering a shortage of workstations.
EI administrative malfunction: an urgent need for simplicity
Canada’s employment insurance program is far too complicated for claimants and employers, and far too complex to administer.
