Using the example of B.C., this article shows how combined federal and provincial policies prevent economic growth from benefiting all but upper-income people. This article examines the unequal growth of earnings across the country, including the differences in distribution by gender. It then examines the decidedly low-wage policy the B.C. Liberal Party adopted soon after it was elected in 2001. This included a minimum wage that did not change for 10 years, a wide variety of employment standard changes that undercut both income security and decent working conditions, and privatization measures. This strategy affected the breadth of poverty among wage earners, with the majority of families in poverty having at least one person who was wo...
Major Research Paper (Master's), Health, Faculty of Health, School of Health Policy and Management, ...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...
In this article, we consider the possibility of alleviating poverty in Ontario through minimum wage ...
Using the example of B.C., this article shows how combined federal and provincial policies prevent e...
This paper examines how a discourse around those living in poverty has been created, and its implica...
The government of Canada has adopted the Market Basket Measure (MBM) as the preferred poverty line i...
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/unspun-whos-doing-what-about-poverty-reduc...
Cet article utilise des estimés d’intensité de la pauvreté de Sen-Shorrocks-Thon pour les provinces ...
In this article we consider the factors driving variations in poverty rates among Canadian seniors f...
This report summarizes the main lessons from recent research on poverty and social exclusion from Qu...
On August 21st, the federal government announced that for the first time Canada would adopt an offic...
Since the end 1990s, jurisdictions across the world have adopted an innovative governance process ca...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...
Poverty is still very much a women's issue. While there have been improvements in the past deca...
IIn recent years, globalization has gone hand in hand with government de-regulation, resulting in an...
Major Research Paper (Master's), Health, Faculty of Health, School of Health Policy and Management, ...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...
In this article, we consider the possibility of alleviating poverty in Ontario through minimum wage ...
Using the example of B.C., this article shows how combined federal and provincial policies prevent e...
This paper examines how a discourse around those living in poverty has been created, and its implica...
The government of Canada has adopted the Market Basket Measure (MBM) as the preferred poverty line i...
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/unspun-whos-doing-what-about-poverty-reduc...
Cet article utilise des estimés d’intensité de la pauvreté de Sen-Shorrocks-Thon pour les provinces ...
In this article we consider the factors driving variations in poverty rates among Canadian seniors f...
This report summarizes the main lessons from recent research on poverty and social exclusion from Qu...
On August 21st, the federal government announced that for the first time Canada would adopt an offic...
Since the end 1990s, jurisdictions across the world have adopted an innovative governance process ca...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...
Poverty is still very much a women's issue. While there have been improvements in the past deca...
IIn recent years, globalization has gone hand in hand with government de-regulation, resulting in an...
Major Research Paper (Master's), Health, Faculty of Health, School of Health Policy and Management, ...
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadia...
In this article, we consider the possibility of alleviating poverty in Ontario through minimum wage ...