In support of our mission to champion progressive change, the Broadbent Institute publishes original research and promotes new ideas, policies, and tools. Our current work focuses on the following interconnected issue areas:
Income Inequality
Economic inequality, the uneven distribution of income and wealth, is one of the critical challenges of our time. The surge in inequality in Canada took off in the 1990s and remains high today.
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Climate change, deforestation, water contamination, cancer-causing toxins, ecosystem decline: Canadians are rightly concerned about the daunting environmental challenges that threaten our long-term health and prosperity.
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To reverse the hollowing out of democracy, Canada must restore faith in the system and renew public engagement in the political process.
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Social democracy is an array of social movements promoting equality and recognition of differences, including feminism, anti-racism, the environmental movement and struggles for the recognition of disability rights and Indigenous rights.
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The Case for a Wealth Tax in Canada
We need progressive tax reform to ensure that the burden of the pandemic is fairly shared. A recent Abacus Data poll found that most Canadians agree that the fiscal burden of the crisis should be fairly shared, and that those with the most should pay the most. Indeed, 75% of...
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The Broadbent Institute has created this page to serve as a resource and sharing centre for those wanting to advocate for better worker and community protections and support in this time of crisis. It will be updated daily to track provincial and local calls for action and improvements won across...
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What is ‘big data’ and how it is used in the context of criminal justice in Canada and beyond?
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