Empowering Workers
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Industrial Democracy: A Proposal for Action
The trade unions are such a progressive force; their victories over the irresponsible concentration of power in our economic system belong to all Canadians. We must, therefore, support the trade…
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Canadian Grocery Profitability: Inflation, Wages and Financialization
This report examines the Canadian grocery industry to better understand what is driving retail profit growth, and as a result, higher supermarket food prices.
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Making the Shift to a Green Economy: The Green Economy Network’s Common Platform
An alliance of unions, with environmental, public interest, and faith-based organizations are working together through the Green Economy Network to put these principles to practice by calling for big green investments over…
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Tax Fairness, Pandemic Recovery & Affordability Anxiety
In July 2021, the Broadbent Institute and the Professional Institute for the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada commissioned Abacus Data to conduct a national public opinion survey…
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Setting a New Normal through a Bold Recovery
We need to more than simply survive this crisis and get the economy moving while repairing the most serious cracks in our social foundations. We need a fundamental change of…
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Paying for the Recovery We Want
This paper makes the case for a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that is fair and inclusive by investing in core social supports and improving our tax system by establishing…
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Basic Income Guarantee: A Social Democratic Framework
Our report seeks to clarify the problem that a basic income might solve, and outline principles to guide policy development from a social-democratic perspective.
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Economic Recovery: Getting it Right for Women and Families in Ontario
Canada requires a comprehensive strategy for economic recovery that helps workers re-establish and maintain attachment to the workforce, ensures adequate income for all, and supports inclusion and gender equity.
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Building British Columbia’s Recovery, Together: Proposals for a Just Recovery
We have an opportunity through the recovery process to not only get British Columbia’s economy moving again, but to ensure it moves in the right direction.
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Basic Income: An Explainer by Guy Caron
In this explainer, Guy Caron reviews Basic Income, how Basic Income differs from social assistance and disability benefits.
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Multi-Millionaires and Fair Taxes: The Case for a Wealth Tax in Canada
Our latest survey shows that the majority of Canadians are looking for a COVID-19 recovery plan that is fair, inclusive and compassionate, leaving no one behind, and 8 out 10…
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Filthy Five: Canada’s Tax Loopholes, Part 2
In 2018, the Broadbent Institute identified the five worst tax loopholes in Canada’s tax system. Little has been done to address these loopholes, which still drain money out of the…