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Current Issue
Income inequality: One of the great challenges of our times
March/April 2023 Issue
From the Editor
Income inequality: One of the great challenges of our times
Income inequality isn't just about salaries—it's a pervasive problem with dire implications on a range of social issues, from health to the environment to education.
In this Issue
Inequality makes crises worse—and there are many crises coming
We're heading into an increasingly unstable world, and we're going to need real solidarity to make it through.
How the CCPA sparked a national conversation about income inequality
Understanding inequality, and providing policymakers the tools to combat it, is a role the CCPA is happy to fill.
What will it take to tackle income inequality?
Our country has the resources to provide dignity for all—our leaders' failure to do so is a political choice.
Is Quebec a distinct society when it comes to inequality?
It isn't exactly a shining beacon of equality, but Quebec does a lot of things better. Those policies are the result of relatively strong unions and social movements.
Education: Inequality’s solution or great reinforcer?
For the unlucky children born on the lower rungs of Canada's ladder of inequality, accessing quality education is hard. It doesn't need to be this way.
Indigenous Peoples continue to face deep structural inequality in Canada
The Canadian state's genocide of Indigenous Peoples is centuries-old. It continues to harm Indigenous communities today.
Climate inequality defines the present; don’t let it define the future
The people who are least responsible for climate change will feel its effects the hardest. It's time for policy-makers to address that injustice.
Closing the electoral gap: Canada’s glacial march towards gender equality
Canada has made significant progress on gender parity among elected officials, but there is still a long way to go.
Contributors
Authors appearing in this issue
Jon Milton
Jon Milton is a senior communications specialist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives national office. He's on Twitter at @514jon
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) is a senior researcher at the CCPA, where he focuses on international trade and climate change policy in Canada. Follow Hadrian on Twitter at @hadrianmk. He runs the Shift Storm newsletter about work and climate change—sign up for it here.
Erika Shaker
Erika Shaker (she/her) is the Director of the CCPA National Office and Editor of Our Schools / Our Selves. She is on Twitter at @ErikaShaker.
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell (he/him) is a former executive director of the CCPA. He is adjunct professor, York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies; and Senior Fellow, Ryerson University, Centre for Free Expression. He is the author-editor of Corporate Rules: The real world of business regulation in Canada: How government regulators are failing the public interest, James Lorimer & Co. publisher, forthcoming in April 2022.
Trish Hennessy
Trish Hennessy (she/her) is a senior communications strategist with the CCPA national office and director of its Think Upstream project. She co-founded the CCPA’s national growing gap project and the CCPA’s Ontario office.
Andrée Forest
Andrée Forest (elle/she/her) is francophone Métis from Red River and is engaging in her history through beading, writing and building community. She is the project coordinator for the Manitoba Research Alliance at CCPA-MB.
Natalie Copps
Natalie Copps is a Métis lawyer who specializes in public interest advocacy and systemic law reform. She is the co-chair and founder of LEAF Winnipeg, and a proud member of Red River Echoes. Outside of work, you can find her beading, baking, boxing and being on the pottery wheel.
Guillaume Tremblay-Boily
Guillaume Tremblay-Boily is an associate researcher at the Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques (IRIS). He holds a PhD in Social and Cultural Analysis from Concordia University.
Katherine Scott
Katherine Scott (she/her) is a Senior Researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Follow her on Twitter @ScottKatherineJ.
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