Finance committee   of the Canadian population doesn't have access to benefits, because we're a transitioning economy, many people feel that some sort of an annual basic income might be one of the solutions for us to address income inequality moving forward. It was one of the ideas proposed. I don't want anybody

Finance committee   the income inequality that high levels of government debt engender. Dr. Mintz, that was an excellent presentation, as always. A lot of people often argue that we need big deficits to reduce poverty. What they don't mention is that big debts mean big interest payments. Those interest

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for your question. In our view, based on the evidence we have seen on public projects and public investment, there's no question that community benefits have been an incredible driver for dealing with income inequality, but equally in dealing

Health committee   to feeding themselves and keeping a roof over their heads. That includes women who are involved in sex work and women who may be sexually exploited during this time through income inequality and insecurity as well.

Finance committee  My last minute and a bit is to Ms. Robson. Ms. Robson, I follow a lot of what you write very carefully, because I'm also very interested in dealing with income inequality in our country. We're learning a lot through this pandemic. We're learning about gaps in our social welfare

Finance committee  Okay. I was just at the last paragraph anyway. So far we are not repeating one lingering problem from the 2008-09 crisis, where rescue packages for banks and quantitative easing favoured the wealthy and helped to widen income inequality, especially in the U.S. and Europe

Opposition Motion—Pharmacare  , notably the fight against climate change and solving income inequality in Canada, which in turn will actually have benefits for our provincial health care systems. That being said, there are items within the federal purview that allow us to demonstrate leadership and assist

Opposition Motion—Pharmacare   system is the most progressive in North America because income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, is 0.31 for Quebec compared to 0.42 for the United States and 0.37 for Canada. I would now like to talk about Quebec's pharmacare program, which has been in place since

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  . They must address important issues, like income inequality, sovereignty and climate change. Above all, they must strengthen human rights. They must be transparent and fair for everyone. Too many trade agreements are approached with the idea of how to make the rich richer. They focus

Lebanon   with the worst income inequality in the world. Protesters are demanding equality and a brighter future for themselves, their families and all Lebanese citizens. Khalil Gibran, a famous Lebanese poet, once wrote, “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls”. I stand with the strong

Canada-China Relations committee   of messages. They relate also to income inequality and lack of opportunity and so forth. I hope there can be a peaceful way for addressing those issues being raised. I think the elections that occurred recently were a manifestation of that. It was a process where messages were delivered

Finance committee   less than 5%; notwithstanding that the OECD data reveals that Canada is below—I'll repeat “below”—the OECD average for income inequality and below all other English-speaking countries; and, finally, notwithstanding the steady rise in real incomes of the middle class for the last two

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   is still the highest in Canada. While I agree as an Albertan that we need as a country to do more for our province, would the member not agree that diversification also has to be a priority and that income inequity in Alberta is also a major problem, which her predecessor and now

Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act   and influence. Where are we today? Income inequality and wealth inequality in Canada are at a crisis level. Forty-six per per cent of Canadians are $200 away from financial trouble. To say that NAFTA has not played a role in that economic instability is complete nonsense. As I said, I

Finance committee   change is something that government has a responsibility to attend to? What about income inequality? Are you, for example, in favour of the continuation of the Canada child benefit, tax-free and means-tested? Be very specific there.