Wealth inequality worse than Canadians think: report
Lauren Strapagiel / canada.com
Although the majority of Canadians are concerned about wealth inequality in Canada, a new report says they’re also underestimating the sizable gap between the rich and the poor.
Read moreAnimated video will reveal results of landmark survey on perceptions and misconceptions of wealth gap
OTTAWA—The Broadbent Institute is offering news media embargoed copies of an animated video and accompanying landmark survey that asked Canadians for the first time what they think the wealth gap is and what the ideal should be. This allowed for a comparison with the actual wealth distribution in Canada.
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Canada has failed to create equality of opportunity: Broadbent
Ed Broadbent / The Globe and Mail
Twenty-five years ago, on Nov. 24, 1989, I stood in the House of Commons and moved a motion to abolish the scourge of child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
Read moreRobert Reich, ex-Clinton cabinet secretary, warns Canada following U.S.'s inequality path
Canada is “moving towards exactly the same degree of income and wealth inequality” as the United States, says a former cabinet secretary in the administration of President Bill Clinton.
Read moreRobert Reich and the fight against inequality
By David Olive / The Toronto Star
“Sustained and growing prosperity for everyone in a society depends on government investment in people — in education, health care, infrastructure and basic R&D,” says Robert Reich. “That’s what creates first-class human and other essential assets.”
Spotlight on Inequality at the Broadbent Institute's Progress Gala
TORONTO—The Broadbent Institute’s Progress Gala is shining the light on the issue of our time with tonight's keynote address on inequality by former Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.
Read moreEd Broadbent reflects on the child-poverty pledge of 1989
By Marco Chown Oved / The Toronto Star
Conservatives propose family tax policy for a bygone era
OTTAWA—The Conservative government's new tax package is a throwback to an earlier era that stands to deepen inequality and will do little to alleviate child care costs, the Broadbent Institute says.
Read moreHarper supporters avoiding special tax scrutiny: Broadbent Institute
David Akin / QMI Agency
OTTAWA — A left-leaning think-tank says right-leaning charities haven't been subjected to the same scrutiny of their political activities as have opponents of the Stephen Harper government.
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