Canada should not adopt U.S.-style anti-union laws
President Barack Obama had it right Monday when he told the people of Michigan that so-called right-to-work legislation is about politics, not jobs. Such legislation, now in place in 23...
Sheila Block: Austerity agenda will increase labour market inequality
This is the final section of a three-part commentary by Sheila Block on our Equality Project report. Read part one and part two. Governments at all levels in Canada have embarked on an...
Roy Culpeper: Inequality and economic liberalization
Increased inequality is a phenomenon that has affected many countries since the 1980s—industrial, emerging market and developing. At the same time, some countries have become more unequal than others. Thus,...
Sheila Block: Updating and Strengthening Employment Standards and Labour Relations Legislation
This is the second section of a three-part commentary by Sheila Block on our Equality Project report. Read part one and stay tuned over the coming weeks for part three. The...
Christensen, Davison & Levac: Chronic housing needs in the Canadian North: Inequality of opportunity in northern communities
The Canadian North, which includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik, Labrador, and Nunatsiavut, is a vast region rich in Indigenous cultures, pristine landscapes and waterways, natural resources, and...
Inequality’s a problem for Canada, too
I don’t know whether it’s smugness or indifference, but we Canadians can be a self-deluding lot. Growing inequality, portrayed recently in The Economist as a global scourge, when viewed from...
Peter Puxley: Overcoming Inequality in Canada: A Cultural Challenge?
"The ideas of economists and political philosophers … are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men who believe themselves to be...
Sheila Block: Reducing Labour Market Inequality in Canada, Three Steps at a Time
This is the first section of a three-part commentary by Sheila Block on our Equality Project report. Stay tuned over the coming weeks as we release parts two and three....
Susan McDaniel: Fruits of the Earth: Not All Belong at the Top
Inequality seems to be the watchword of the moment in Fall 2012. It is on the minds of many, it seems, sometimes forming on surprising lips. Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO...
Mel Watkins: Comment on Towards a More Equal Canada
It is uncertain which is more puzzling: the sudden surge in inequality in developed countries in recent times, or the failure of this to generate a sufficient response in the...
