"If $2,000/month... means that people are making more money than they were before, the problem is not CERB, but that workers are not fairly compensated for their labour with a living wage."
@Fox_E_Lori
's must-read op ed in the
@globeandmail
#cdnpoli
By facing expulsion from the Ontario legislative assembly for wearing a keffiyeh, Sarah Jama exposes the limits of liberal inclusion—and centres the struggle against settler colonialism, in both Canada and in Palestine.
The CCPA mourns the devastating loss of our funny, fearless, unapologetically feminist colleague, Kate McInturff. CCPA staff, board and partners remember Kate as a feminist trailblazer in public policy and gender-based research.
The top 100 CEOs make 209 times more than the average worker in Canada and 316 more than someone making $15/hour. Maybe raising the minimum wage isn't the problem facing the
#cdnecon
#sdoh
#cdnpoli
#15andFairness
#CEO2018
Earliest. Time. Yet.
By 10:09 am today, Canada's highest paid CEOs have made as much money as the average Canadian worker will make all year. Check out
@DavidMacCdn
's report for more:
#ceo2020
#cdnpoli
#cdnecon
"I can’t sing myself offstage, but I leave a legacy of spreadsheets, graphs and love for you all."
@katemcinturff
's must-read reflections on her career and how a spreadsheet became her tool of choice in the fight for gender equality.
#canfem
This tax cut will:
❗Cost $6 billion/year by 2023
❗Payout, on average, $13/month
❗Give the largest payouts to families earning between $143k and $195k.
Cdn middle class families earn $52k-112k per year.
#6billioncan
make life more affordable, but this tax cut won't.
#cdnpoli
The Liberal government is giving notice to the House of Commons it wants to enact a tax cut for “middle class” Canadians promised by the party during the 2019 federal election campaign
#cdnpoli
#ParlCA
"A recent analysis from the
@ccpa
showed that when adjusted for inflation, wage gains for all federal workers since 2007 have been 7.8 per cent lower than the overall national average."
#PSACStrike2023
#canlab
"Our housing system hasn’t suddenly failed. Instead it’s working exactly as designed, enriching property owners at the expense of everyone else."
@CCPA_Ont
political economist
@ricardo_tranjan
breaks down the supposed housing crisis, shares real solutions
New research from
@DavidMacCdn
reveals that the majority of Canadian provinces have left billions in COVID-19 funds on the table.
Check out the situation where you live with our interactive map:
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
The $61 million paid out to top execs at 4 of Canada's grocery chains could cover the $2/hour top up for 184,000 full-time workers for an entire month,
@DavidMacCdn
's analysis has revealed.
#COVID19
#cdnpoli
These extraordinary times and circumstances of call for extraordinary measures.
The US supports the waiver of IP protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic and we’ll actively participate in
@WTO
negotiations to make that happen.
As Canadians live through a cost-of-living crisis, it's a new Gilded Age for Canada’s rich. Top CEOs now make 246 times more than average workers. Read
@ccpa
senior economist
@DavidMacCdn
's report, "Canada's New Gilded Age: CEO Pay in 2022"
#canlab
The
@ccpa
is saddened to learn of the passing of Ed Broadbent.
He committed his life to the advancement of human rights and watched Canada move from a "sharing and caring" society to the "new barbarism." He shared some of his views with us here:
Canada's EI system "was built for a male breadwinner, 9-to-5 model. … It’s not built for gig work. It’s not built for more insecure work." Workers affected by
#COVID19
and running out of
#CERB
eligibility need modernized support, explains
@DavidMacCdn
Minimum-wage workers can’t afford rent in most of Canada, study shows.
Great reporting by
@TessKalinowski
@TorontoStar
on our new report out today, Unnacomodating: Rental Wage in Canada by
@DavidMacCdn
Calling on the next generation of feminists!
We are thrilled to celebrate
#IWD2020
by announcing that we are accepting applications for the McInturff Fellowship in Gender Budgeting.
#Ottawa
Given the debate about the "lavish" lifestyles that CERB affords its recipients, it seems like a good time to revisit
@DavidMacCdn
's research showing how much a renter needs to earn to make rent in Canada's major cities. Spoiler alert: it's more than $2000/month.
#RENTRELIEF
Our new report by
@DavidMacCdn
maps the housing rental affordability crisis from coast-to-coast. In 0% of neighbourhoods in Canada’s biggest cities can a minimum wage worker afford an average rental.
We are thrilled to announce that
@ErikaShaker
has officially stepped into the role of Director at our office. Please help us welcome her to the helm!
#Ottawa
#cdnpoli
National child care plan would add up to tens of thousands in savings for many families.
“Make no mistake: a national child care plan targeting fees will deliver more savings to parents than a tax credit or a monthly cheque ever could” says
@DavidMacCdn
📈When Ontario implemented a $14/hour minimum wage in 2018, business lobbyists predicted it would be a job killer.
Instead, total employment increased.
And wages grew, especially for female and racialized workers. Read about it in our new report:
@CRRF
Two new reports from
@FairTaxCanada
and us suggest that a substantial portion of the inflation Canadian consumers are experiencing today are attributable to companies boosting their prices well beyond the rate at which they are paying for their supplies.
Canada: we need to talk about our income distribution problem. The latest research from
@LarsOsberg
details how unequal income distribution is contributing to Canada's growing inequality problem.
#cdnpoli
#sdoh
CERB recipients: we know this is a scary time. We know there are very few answers. We've compiled an updated list of resources and it will be published tonight.
#CERB
#cdnpoli
"With Ontarians now dying at the rate of 100 a week, it seems obvious that we are in a public health emergency. Yet the premier continues to talk about striking a “happy balance” between protecting public health and boosting the economy."
#COVID19Ontario
Today's the big day!
We are thrilled to share our new Monitor website with the world.
Never paywalled. Always unapologetically progressive.
#cdnpoli
#cdnmedia
In a recent article, the
@CCPA_BC
revealed that Canadian billionaires increased their wealth by $78 billion since COVID began.
Time for a
#WealthTax
?
@1AlexHemingway
says yes.
Many members of Canada's C-suite oppose the idea of a $15/hr minimum wage. The minimum wage for the richest CEOs rose $713.88/hr to $2,489.62/hr in 2016. They now make, on average, 316x more than a worker making $15/hr. Read more at
#ceo2018
#cdnpoli
#sdoh
💵📈Are wages driving rising inflation?
Answer: No. In fact, 64 per cent of Canadian workers' wages have grown slower than inflation over the last two years, according to a new report from
@DavidMacCdn
.
And if you're a frontline worker, chances are your wages barely increased.
Canada's highest paid CEOs are
#KeepingIt200
.
For the third year in a row,
@DavidMacCdn
's report on CEO wages for 2019 reveals that Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs continued to receive more than 200 times what the average worker was paid.
#cdnpoli
'24% of working tenant households don’t have a week’s worth of savings, and 42% can’t weather more than two weeks."
@ricardo_tranjan
looks at the looming crisis for Canada's working renters in his latest report
@CCPA_Ont
#COVID19
New in
@ccpa
Monitor: When a worker takes a paycheck home, 100% is that income is taxable. Now, the rich in Canada are complaining because 66% of their highest level income will be taxable—and only above $250,000 in annual profits. By
@DavidMacCdn
#canlab
Private clinics likely to increase wait times in
#Ontario
: "Ontario does not lack the physical space & equipment to improve wait times for surgeries and medical imaging; what's missing is the health-care workforce necessary,"
@a_longhurst
@CCPA_Ont
#canlab
As COVID-19 rages across Canada, new research from
@DavidMacCdn
reveals that the majority of provinces are sitting on billions in unspent emergency funds.
Learn more and check out our interactive map at
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
"As soon as the daycare fees for their two daughters were reduced from $1,800 a month to $400, the couple immediately got family health insurance."
@starvancouver
interviewed families to see how $10/day
#childcare
changed their lives.
#cdnpoli
Sears Canada's pension is $267m short. But since 2010, Sears paid $1.5b to shareholders – 5.5x times more than it would've cost to top up the pension. And they aren't alone. Our new report reveals $10.8b deficit in pensions of Canada's biggest companies.
"While Kate possessed a formidable and critical intellect, she was ultimately an optimist." We are so grateful to
@anne_kingston
for this lovingly crafted reflection on Kate McInturff and her work.
#canfem
#cdnpoli
NEW RELEASE: "Boundless Bonuses: Skyrocketing Canadian executive pay during the 2020 pandemic" by
@DavidMacCdn
and Alicia Massie.
Read the full report at:
When it comes to income inequality, Canada's top paid CEOs are
#KeepingIt200
.
@DavidMacCdn
's latest report reveals that, for the third year in a row, in 2019 Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs got more than 200x what the average worker were paid.
#cdnpoli
☐ Fair and progressive taxation
☐ Meaningful climate initiatives
☐ Funding to close gender gaps
☐ Futureproofing our economy and cities
☐ Investments in health care, education, and housing
Here's what we're looking for in
#Budget2019
#cdnpoli
When CERB ends, over 2 million Canadians could be left without income support. The latest analysis from
@DavidMacCdn
details what's at stake:
#cdnpoli
#canlab
The LCBO strike is about: 1) stopping the destruction of actual jobs 2) protecting a public asset that belongs to the people of Ontario 3) protecting billions of dollars in revenues that fund provincial public services. By
@RandyFRobinson
@CCPA_Ont
#canlab
Two years ago, we said goodbye to our brilliant and incomparable colleague, Kate. So much of Kate's work was focused on building women up, particularly young women. Today we're proud to introduce the first McInturff Fellow in Gender Justice: Heather Lawson
In
#Elxn44
, parties continue to treat renting a home as a phase, as an undesirable situation that people must overcome. It's time to shift the housing debate, writes
@ricardo_tranjan
.
#housing
#CdnPoli
While our work is focused on progressive policy, we've received many requests from workers and renters looking for resources to help them navigate uncertainty during
#COVID19
. So we've collected resources to help folks find answers.
#cdnpoli
We are thrilled to announce that hiring for this year's Kate McInturff Fellowship in Gender Justice is now open! Please share widely. Applications are open until March 29.
#canfem
#cdnpoli
Our new report, out today, reveals that Canadian universities are relying more and more on contract employees, creating precarious employment for their staff and impacting the educational experience of their students.
#canlab
#canedu
#PSE
Our new report by
@DavidMacCdn
maps the housing rental affordability crisis from coast-to-coast. In 0% of neighbourhoods in Canada’s biggest cities can a minimum wage worker afford an average rental.
Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs broke every compensation record on the books in 2021! And those CEOs now make 243 times more than the average Canadian worker. Read
@CCPA
senior economist
@DavidMacCdn
's new report here:
#canlab
#inflation
#recession
New financial supports are in place to help unemployed Canadian workers during
#COVID19
but new analysis from
@DavidMacCdn
shows how many workers are left out.
#cdnecon
#cdnpoli
No matter what the landlord lobby says, the data is actually quite clear—rent controls do not limit the construction of new rental housing.
New op-ed by
@CCPA_Ont
political economist
@ricardo_tranjan
👇
Now seems like a good time to mention that
@DavidMacCdn
's CEO pay report revealed that Galen Weston received $7,928,555 in compensation in 2018 alone.
Despite soaring first-quarter profits, the biggest grocery chain in the country says it’s ending the wage premium it had been paying front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Disability advocates question why
#disability
benefit levels remain so low in the comparison to the $500 per week extended to those facing the loss of employment related to the pandemic under the CERB... “Do our lives count for less?”
@ScottKatherineJ
Pujol is considered one of Mexico’s most prestigious restaurants. But, as
@latinamericanah
writes, chef Enrique Olvera has built this prestige on the appropriation of traditional Mesoamerican ingredients, making dishes palatable for mainly white audiences.
Syed Hussan of
@MWACCanada
demands a better future for the 1.6 million migrant workers living in Canada who are disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
“The average federal public sector worker’s wages only buy the same today as they did in October 2007,” the
@ccpa
report states. “No other industry—none—has seen average inflation adjusted wages pushed back as far as federal public sector workers.”
#canlab
As Canadians live through a cost-of-living crisis, it's a new Gilded Age for Canada’s rich. Top CEOs now make 246 times more than average workers. Read
@ccpa
senior economist
@DavidMacCdn
's report, "Canada's New Gilded Age: CEO Pay in 2022"
#canlab
Congratulations, minimum wage workers of Ontario and Alberta!
By yesterday in ON and today in AB, a full time minimum wage worker will have made as much in 2018 as the lowest paid CEO on our list made in one hour.
#CEO2018
#sdoh
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
#abpoli
Women are being "driven out of their jobs by high child-care costs. When they return, they’ve lost income, skills, experience... It’s a systemic factor maintaining the wage gap between men and women. It’s sexist."
@Tom_Parkin_
talks
#childcare
costs
#sdoh
Canadian executive pay rose 17% during the pandemic, CCPA finds.
Executive pay was up 17% — an average of $171,000 per top executive — in 2020 compared to 2019, largely attributable to alterations in bonus pay structure, the report said.
In a new survey, 9 in 10 CRA professionals agreed that "it is easier for corporations and wealthy individuals to evade and/or avoid tax responsibilities than it is for average Canadians."
#cdnpoli
#taxfairness
Canada's CEOs are riding high heading into 2018:
✔️ Average pay shot up to $10.4m, from $9.6m in 2015
✔️ Received $49,738 by 10:57 a.m. on Jan 2: the annual wage of a Canadian worker
✔️ Made 209 times more than the average worker in Canada
#cdnpoli
"Decades of tax cuts have compromised the fiscal health of govt. Federal revenues are now at 14.4% of GDP, much lower than the 50-year average of 16.4%. In 2019 alone this 2% difference means lost revenue of $46 billion. It doesn’t have to be this way."
“They all need to suspend evictions and they need to do it right now. We cannot be putting people on the streets when our medical authorities are telling people to stay home"
@ricardo_tranjan
#COVID19
@CCPA_Ont
#cdnpoli
Moving from CERB to EI shrinks already perilously small safety nets for laid off workers and their families struggling to get by during the pandemic, new analysis from
@DavidMacCdn
reveals. Read his deep dive into the CERB/EI switch:
#cdnpoli
#sdoh
#CERB
"Around two-thirds of Canadians have seen inflation outpace their wage gains over the pandemic, translating into an effective pay cut for millions of workers," a new CCPA report finds.
We're hanging out at
#broadbent2019
talking social, economic, and environmental justice and we are asking: what's the biggest issue facing Canada? Tweet us your top issue: climate change, income inequality, populism, housing, or health care and we'll add it to the map!
"A wealth tax with rates of 1% on net worth over $20 million, 2% over $50 million and 3% over $100 million could raise nearly $20 billion in its first year”
@1alexhemingway
talks wealth tax
#cdnpoli
#TaxTheRich
"One of the most insidious aspects of this announcement is the decision to make student fees optional. This is a direct attack on student unions which have been vocal opponents of conservative policies"
@ErikaShaker
digs into Ford's postsec plans
#onpoli
A litany of reports, but little accountability for police violence against Black Canadians, writes
@AnthonyNMorgan
for the Monitor.
"We don’t have an information gap, we have a police accountability gap."
#BlackLivesMatter
"With 4,444 schools, 233,000 workers, more than two million students, and an annual budget of over $30 billion—a drop in the bucket can seem like a lot when presented out of context." Read
@ricardo_tranjan
's board-by board, school-by-school analysis here:
Happy
#EarthDay2021
For everyone following our
#JustTransition
& climate research, we’ve curated a reading list that we think you'd also like.
Links to all the referenced work in the thread. /1
Great guide from
@globalnews
to help renters find what assistance is available in their province. Thanks to
@ealini
for this fantastic resource. Check out the full piece for details:
#COVID19
#Canada
"The Bank is not predicting 60,000 pink slips but merely a slowdown in continued growth. The 60,000 figure is national, annual one."
@michalrozworski
brings much needed perspective to the
#MinimumWage
debate
#onpoli
Our latest report on CEO pay finds that 77% of compensation for Canada's richest executives is bonus pay tied to stock prices. This type of pay encourages short-term thinking to the detriment of long-term investment and growth.
#ceo2019
#cdnpoli
Renter's market? New research from
@ricardo_tranjan
and
@HSAldridge
reveals that between Oct 2019 & Oct 2020, average rents for a two-bedroom unit in Canada went up by 3.5%. The inflation rate for the same period was 0.7%, 5x lower.
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
Our
#AFB2019
, released today, provides a fully costed plan to reduce Canada’s poverty rate by 50% w/i 3 years, and end
#poverty
w/i 10 years.
Better is possible but when it comes to implementing an action plan, we have no time to lose.
#cdnpoli
#SDoH