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Long-awaited report on minimum wage increases does little to help the working poor
Instead of grappling with the big issue — how to make up for four years of frozen wages — the panelists applied a narrow focus and limited themselves to recommendations related to annual cost-of-living increases. Without improvement to the base pay, the working poor are being cheated… [leaving] hundreds of thousands of them, stuck below the annual poverty line of around $23,000 a year, before taxes. Right now, working 35 hours a week at the basic wage brings in just $18,665 a year.
Tags: economy, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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The EI ripoff
Now some provincial premiers are beating the drum for a huge hike in the deductions taken from our paycheques for the Canadian Pension Plan: They argue that Canadians aren’t saving enough for retirement. But a working Canadian couple could save over $67,000 in 10 years, if they simply were allowed to keep their EI contributions in their own, personal, tax-sheltered rainy-day fund. They could use the money in the event of a job loss or keep it for their retirement.
Tags: budget, ideology, pensions, standard of living, tax
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No shortage of workers – just a shortage of training
… the studies agree that the extent of skills shortages in Canada today is greatly exaggerated. Both question the need for large numbers of temporary foreign workers… Graduates from our postsecondary education system, together with new immigrants, will more or less match job vacancies opening up due to the retirement of highly skilled workers. And employers can be expected to minimize shortages as they emerge by investing in capital and skills so as to raise productivity.
Tags: economy, participation, standard of living, youth
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Who are really the ‘entitled’ ones here?
In today’s job market internships are a means of squeezing free labour out of qualified workers whose only other option is making $8 an hour serving $4 coffees at Starbucks… interns are expendable, thanks to a dire economy for which today’s youth are blameless… Is it any wonder that young people are cynical about their place in the social contract? … some CEO’s are being paid 200 times the salaries of their lowliest employees. How does that look to the unpaid intern?
Tags: economy, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Ontario minimum wage workers on the rise, study finds
The share of Ontario workers toiling for minimum wage has more than doubled from 4.3 per cent to 9 per cent since 2003, according to new research being released Tuesday. And those $10.25-per-hour workers are more likely to be women, visible minorities and immigrants, says the study by the Wellesley Institute… almost 40 per cent, or 183,000 of them, are 25 or older, the study shows.
Tags: economy, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Canada’s job numbers don’t tell the real story
As of April, there were six unemployed workers for every job vacancy… 61.7 per cent of Canadians are employed today, compared to 63.8 per cent four years ago… Temporary, contract and casual work has grown at triple the rate of permanent employment since the recession. Part-time work has also climbed steadily… The duration of joblessness has risen since the recession… And young people have been hammered repeatedly.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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Human rights chief gives newcomers a break
“The onus is now on the employer to make the case that Canadian experience is a bona fide job requirement. For people who are open to change, the policy requirement may be enough. For people who are resistant, a tribunal or court case will probably be required.”… Study after study has shown that applicants with “foreign-sounding” names get significantly fewer callbacks and job interviews than those with traditional North American names.
Tags: immigration, multiculturalism, rights, standard of living
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RBC apology won’t change hollowing out of Canadian workforce
Apr 15 2013
Canada is being hollowed out… Stephen Harper’s long-term plan for Canada includes not just the Thatcherite destruction of unions but a clear-out of government workers and a lowering of all wages… he trusts that voters won’t make the connection and take it personally… It is a social good for people to be well paid, whether in the public or private sector, because their salaries are spent on things that keep other people working and salaried well, too.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, privatization, rights, standard of living
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Corporations still won’t circulate ‘dead money’
Apr 08 2013
… corporate reserves (now up to $600 billion) are holding back the Canadian economy. Business leaders are still biding their time… “The missing ingredient — and one which holds the key to corporate behaviour — is confidence about future growth.” Until someone breaks this vicious cycle — uncertain growth, weak business confidence, delayed investment and hiring — the economy will limp along. That has implications for both the government and the public.
Tags: economy, ideology, privatization, standard of living
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