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Why the gap between rich and poor in Canada keeps growing
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Dec 05 2011
Information technology has eliminated some middle-skill jobs, such as filing and administration, while globalization has seen high-paid manufacturing jobs outsourced to lower-paid countries… Globalization has given top talent the ability to command higher compensation… At the same time, globalization has weakened the lowest earners’ bargaining power as their jobs are outsourced to cheaper countries… Taxes and benefits used to offset 70 per cent of the rise in the income gap in Canada. Now, they offset just 40 per cent…
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, rights, standard of living, tax
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Occupy Toronto leaderless, unfocused but hopeful
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Oct 04 2011
This is Occupy Toronto, a movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street, a self-described leaderless resistance movement for people of all gender, race and political persuasion… The theme, if there is one, appears to be corporate greed. As one Occupy Toronto supporter put it in an email, the Canadian government is in debt, bankers have been allowed to run amok, and the average Canadian is paying the price. “We the people are tired of living with no hope…
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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