Too many people are one job loss, one illness, one retirement or one calamity away from disaster. We need income security When I was an economics student years ago, the last living student of John Maynard Keynes, noted economist Joan Robinson, gave a lecture to a packed hall. During the question period, one smart aleck
Address Poverty
Why Our Governments Need to Address Poverty Now
on July 30th, 2014

86 families now hold more wealth than the poorest 11.4 million Canadians Canadians might be surprised to learn that 86 families now hold more wealth than the poorest 11.4 million Canadians. Is this a Canada to be proud of ? Hardly. According to many studies, the Canadian poverty rate remains high. A recent OECD report