Budget Implementation Act, 2007   the very rich; some low-income families with a low tax liability will receive a smaller amount, while the poorest will get nothing at all because they do not owe income tax. The poorest families will get nothing. This measure will make income inequality among families worse

Human Resources committee   such as NAFTA, more jobs have been lost than created. As a matter of fact, we lost over 200,000 manufacturing jobs in the last five years or so, but the impact has been the widening income gap among Canadians. Income inequality has increased for the first time in Canada since the 1920s. Half

Status of Women committee   has benefited from Status of Women Canada funding for an educational and policy change project that was aimed at decreasing income equities by educating the public about the impact income inequities and social exclusion have on women's health. This project has been very successful

International Trade committee   trade and the economy on a parallel track and engaging in a very targeted social policy initiative to try to reduce income inequality. In Canada, of course, we're seeing rising income inequality. We're now at the same stage we were in the 1920s. In fact, for most Canadian families

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

International Trade committee  , and of course the top 1% have profited spectacularly in this period, so what we're seeing in Canada is much more income inequality. In fact, we're at the most unequal level since the 1920s, and most of the jobs created today are part time and temporary in nature. With reference to your

Justice committee   academic achievement, dropout, or truancy; unemployment, under-employment, few employment prospects. When we go to the socio-economic and community factors, we have social upheaval, poverty, income inequity, racism, and proliferation of gang culture. There's another component as well

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

Social Condition   and income inequality in this country. The onus is on the government to show responsibility that it understands that principle and is willing to address it. That is not what we heard from the government today. I was disappointed to hear the government's response. I would go further than

Poverty   released today is evidence of another nail in the coffin of failed public policy and a Liberal government that has failed to address the growing crisis of income inequality. Why does Canada have a poverty rate of 25% for single mothers compared to a low of 3% in Sweden? Because

Prebudget Consultations   rich and poor has continued to grow. This is why income inequality is at its largest spread than at any point in the last generation...Years of neo-liberal policies have promised that the private market is the best solution to inequality and that (somehow) we can simply grow our way

Poverty   of growing income inequality and poverty in Canada be ignored. We call on the Minister of Justice and the federal government to fulfill their duty under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by ensuring that poor Canadians have economic security and dignity.

Social Housing   is that there are glaring examples of income inequality. Report after report shows us that income inequality in this country is growing. A recent report from Statistics Canada, the so-called wealth study, measured income inequality. We know it exists. The evidence is there. The issue is what will we do

Canada Labour Code   inequality. Several studies have demonstrated that income inequalities in Canada are linked to wage inequalities between young and more experienced workers. Between 1981 and 1993, men aged 18 to 24 experienced a 20% drop in earnings, while men aged 45 to 54 earned 20% more. Like work

Canada Labour Code   older and younger employees, generating tensions within businesses where they are in use. They greatly contribute to social inequality. Several studies have shown that income inequalities in Canada are linked to salary inequalities between young workers and more experienced ones