Finance committee   and then divided. What we've had in Canada over the past quarter century is increasing income inequality, particularly at the top end. That brings the mean average up, but the median--that's what the normal average Canadian family might have--has remained pretty much stagnant over the past

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Excellency, for your comments around income inequality. My colleague Mr. Allison was quite right to point out the absurdity of having so-called average incomes going up when we know that for 80% of Canadian families they've actually fallen

Jobs and Economic Growth Act   on the kind of equality that Canadians want to see. Income inequality in Canada is now at the same level, shamelessly, shockingly, as it was in the 1920s. Prior to the CCF and the NDP coming into being, pushing the big business parties, the Conservatives and the Liberals, into some

Business of Supply   about those statistics. A recent report by Statistics Canada in fact showed that the disposable income inequality was virtually unchanged in 1990 compared to 1980, but grew sharply between 1990 and 2000. The result is a long term increase in disposable income inequality. During

Provincial Choice Tax Framework Act   those returns to benefit the rest of us. Three decades of growing income inequality in this country prove those promises false.

Disposition of an act to amend the Excise Tax Act   and Liberal governments, of pursuing policies that boost returns to a privileged corporate elite on the flimsy excuse that they will use those returns to benefit the rest of us. Three decades of growing income inequality in the country proves those promises are false. However, what

Disposition of an Act to amend the Excise Tax Act   decades of growing income inequality in the country prove those premises false. Every person I have talked to in my riding of Hamilton Mountain understands that reality. I have asked what they would say if I told them that the federal Conservative government was bribing the provincial

Human Resources committee   with the lowest and highest incomes, an indication of income inequity, widened during the past decade, with single mothers the most affected. Child poverty is women's poverty, which is increasing in our hostile environment. More women and children are accessing soup kitchens, the food bank

Human Resources committee  Okay. For those of us who follow them, the socio-economic policies to mitigate income inequity in this country over the last decade and a half have been pretty depressing. But I'll answer Tony's question by saying there have been two great successes, and I encourage you to use

Human Resources committee   suggestions for the tax structure that would result in reducing income inequality and would significantly address poverty in Canada. Transfer payments with conditions attached have long been a tradition, but less so under recent governments of Canadian federalism. The national child tax

Human Resources committee   poverty. Children who come to school hungry, dressed poorly, or ill cannot concentrate in class. This is the beginning of a vicious cycle where children are not successful in school, become disengaged, and often years later leave school without graduating. Poverty and income

Human Resources committee  . From the beginning our key issues have been the eradication of poverty and growing income inequality. As you probably know, the OECD unfortunately singled out Canada as one of the most unequal societies last year in its review, and it cited major tax cuts and reductions in transfers

Human Resources committee   adequately and if managed adequately, I think taxes could be raised and used to bring more equality to income distribution. As the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives said just a week or so ago, I think that maintaining income inequality is dangerous. It's not sustainable. I think

Human Resources committee  , if you reduce income inequality and in fact create an inclusive society, you dramatically reduce health care costs. In B.C., the argument across on the other coast is that the provincial budget will go completely over the top because of the increasing health care costs

Human Resources committee   The Impact of Inequality. You are probably aware that income inequality and economic inequality—that segment we call poverty—is at the heart of increasing levels of insecurity and crime worldwide. It's also responsible for the ill health that we see right across societies. If you want