Whenever he’s confronted with questions about BC’s record high child poverty rates or by the growing income inequality in the province, our Premier maintains that the best social policy is a job. In fact, reducing the costs of doing business in BC seems to be this government’s chief economic strategy. Consider the HST, for example, [...]
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Job creation alone will not solve BC’s poverty problem
April 29th, 2010 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · Economy, Employment & labour, Poverty, inequality & welfare, Provincial budget & finance
Tags: Economy·HST·job creation·OECD·poverty·poverty reduction·working poverty
Will job creation solve our poverty problems?
September 28th, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · Economy, Employment & labour, Poverty, inequality & welfare
You may recall that during the leaders’ debate prior to last May’s election, Gordon Campbell argued that creating jobs is the best poverty reduction strategy out there. Since his re-election, the government’s attention has been focused on the economy, while social policy has taken a back seat. But is this the best approach? A recent [...]
Tags: Economy·employment·job creation·OECD·poverty·poverty reduction·recession·working poor
