Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs from the S&P/TSX Composite recorded their second best year ever for compensation in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The report, Another Year in Paradise: CEO Pay in 2020, shows those 100 CEOs got paid an average of $10.9 million … Read more
With a new minority Parliament taking shape in Ottawa, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Alternative Federal Budget advances urgent policy priorities that would ensure a publicly led, inclusive pandemic recovery. “Now is not the time for penny pinching. It’s time to stay the course on turning what has been an extraordinary public policy intervention … Read more
A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives outlines the hurdles that must be overcome in order for the federal Greening Government Strategy to achieve net-zero by 2050, following a recent uptick in federal government emissions. The study, Leading the Way? A critical assessment of the federal Greening Government Strategy, finds that government emissions … Read more
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives published a new analysis, showing that parents in some cities could be in line to save tens of thousands of dollars annually under a proposed national child care plan. The first federal-provincial agreement to deliver $10-a-day child care was announced July 8 between Ottawa and the British Columbia government, followed by … Read more
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a new study, Colour-coded Retirement: An intersectional analysis of retirement income and savings in Canada, which shows that Indigenous and racialized seniors have less retirement security and higher poverty rates than white seniors in Canada. The data also reveal that public pension sources like the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security … Read more
“This budget delivers big on two lessons that we learned from the pandemic: we need a public-led recovery in the child care and long-term care sectors,” said Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Senior Economist David Macdonald, who is disappointed that the federal government failed to address the tax reform that will be necessary to support recovery beyond the … Read more
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives published a new analysis showing that more than 200,000 people will be pushed below the poverty line due to taxes owed on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit unless urgently needed changes are made. “The federal government should move quickly to put a tax deduction for low-income CERB recipients in place,” said CCPA … Read more
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives published a new report entitled Women, work and COVID-19: Priorities for supporting women and the economy. This report analyzes the impact a year of COVID-19 has had on women in the labour market and recommends policy measures to address the crisis. “Budget 2021 is a critical moment in the economic recovery for women. … Read more
Heading into the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs made 202 times more than the average worker made in 2019, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. While this gap narrowed slightly compared to 2018, when the average top paid CEO made a record 227 times the average Canadian income, this … Read more
Two veteran seniors care researchers have detailed federally mandated standards to reform long-term care amid a second wave of COVID-19 in a new discussion paper by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. A Higher Standard: Setting national standards for long-term and continuing care outlines the key principles and minimum requirements needed to implement the federal government’s Throne … Read more
