Affordable housing increasingly illusory in Vancouver, Toronto
These data point to stark and growing disparity between incomes and housing prices since 2005, far outstretching a related but less pronounced trend in the rest of the country.
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Cost of home today is double the amount in weeks of labour time compared to 1970s
Are residential properties becoming less affordable over time, and as a result less accessible or plausible for those with lower- or median-incomes?
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Beyond “throw the bums out” in Alberta: Why campaigns matter
Alberta isn’t one kind of political culture at all. It is culturally and politically complex and dynamic, with geographic, demographic and ideological diversity comparable to other provinces. In all elections, however, the strength of the campaign matters.
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Fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage fight comes to Canada
We’ve seen effective campaigns around minimum wages and precarious work in the United States, sponsored in part by various unions.
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Indigenous workers in Canada: new data points to steep unemployment
Whenever we’re talking about labour market strategies and good jobs, it’s important to keep in mind that for some workers there are systemic barriers that need to be addressed.
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The social democracy of Canadian federalism
Social democracy is a society where the enterprise of productive employment in a market economy is joined with active government to secure the public interest in equality of opportunities and fairness of outcomes.
