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Pages tagged "Inequality"


The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, socioeconomic rights and the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on News & Blogs by Marie-Hélène Dubé · April 29, 2020 7:55 AM

This blogpost was originally written in French, and has been translated to English below.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many restrictions have been placed on fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In response, serious warnings have rightfully emerged regarding the necessity of safeguarding these freedoms and ensuring that they are restored when the pandemic – and the resulting medical emergency – abates. One must hope that we will be vigilant in preserving the individual rights and freedoms safeguarded by the Canadian Charter, called “first generation” rights, such as the freedom of association. However, we could also consider that this historic moment may provide an opportunity to advance what are often termed “second generation” rights, or economic and social rights.

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Christy Clark's inaction on housing affordability speaks volumes

Posted on News & Blogs by Sheila Matthen · June 26, 2018 9:54 AM

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When Christy Clark’s government released its budget in February, many advocates were hoping for real action on soaring housing costs. British Columbia’s economy is growing and investments in affordable housing in this budget – for the last full fiscal year before going to the polls in 2017 – had the potential to address the severe crisis many British Columbians are facing.  

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Bill C-362 and “Tax Fairness”: Closing loopholes and bringing money back to Canada

Posted on News & Blogs by Murray Rankin · December 13, 2017 2:33 PM

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This blog post is part of a series of posts that will be focusing on the tax avoidance by Canada’s most wealthy. This series was sparked by findings in the Paradise Papers — the latest leak that revealed the offshore tax haven activities of former Canadian elected officials and political insiders. Tax avoidance is wrong. It robs the Canadian government from paying for and maintaining our health and social programs; ones that work to improve the lives of all Canadians. A government crackdown on offshore tax havens is urgent and necessary.

“Tax Fairness” is a phrase being bandied about more and more lately. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard Liberals say “tax fairness” over the past 6 months, I would be very wealthy indeed. But for all the talk, where’s the action in addressing this terrible problem? A recent Environics poll shows that 90% of Canadians agree that using tax havens to avoid paying taxes is morally wrong, even if it’s legal.  And almost all agree that the law should be changed to make the use of tax havens illegal.

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Notes on the Federal Fiscal Update

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · October 24, 2017 7:33 PM

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Social progress is made in curious ways.

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The case for raising the minimum wage

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · July 07, 2017 2:07 PM

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Due to the strong lobbying efforts of labour and social activists, Canada's minimum wage floor is rising significantly from the current level of between $11 and $12 per hour depending upon the province. A new norm of $15 per hour will be in place, in Alberta by October, 2018, in Ontario by January, 2019, and very likely in British Columbia under the terms of the NDP-Green Party agreement.

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Christy Clark's flawed, risky home ownership gamble

Posted on News & Blogs by Sheila Matthen · June 26, 2017 9:53 AM

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In the lead up to the provincial election next May, the Liberal government has begun laying the groundwork for an election platform, announcing new policies in the hopes of wooing voters. 

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2017 budget falters on progress, tax fairness

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · March 23, 2017 9:14 AM

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The major challenge for the federal government in the budget was to maintain its commitment to progressive social and economic policies in the face of criticism from the right for its supposedly profligate fiscal policies and unwise promises to make the tax system more progressive. The government was also urged to trim its sails in the face of pending tax cuts in the United States.

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Internal documents challenge government’s funding claims for Indigenous children

Posted on News & Blogs by Anna Stanley · March 02, 2017 3:16 AM

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It has been over a year since the federal government was found to be racially discriminating against First Nations children on reserve by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (HRT). 

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Affordable housing increasingly illusory in Vancouver, Toronto

Posted on News & Blogs by Marc Lavoie · February 06, 2017 12:29 PM

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Experts have roundly criticized BC Premier Christy Clark’s recent home ownership grant policy. A key part of the negative reaction has been based on fears that interest free grants will increase housing prices and drive a further wedge between incomes and housing costs, a divide already plaguing the Vancouver and lower mainland markets.


On Donald Trump and the fight for progress in Canada

Posted on News & Blogs by Rick Smith · January 16, 2017 1:32 PM

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On January 20, a dangerous con-man took high office in the United States.

Openly trading in hate while ushering in more inequality will be Donald Trump’s MO for the next four years. While the far right gains ground globally, locally we’re not immune.  It is a troubling moment for progressives. It’s also an opportunity to respond and to act.

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