It is one of those publications that few media outlets will report on, and even fewer British Columbians will read, but BC Stats just released the latest version of its Local Area Economic Dependencies, updated based on 2006 census data. This publication basically asks where the income in various BC communities comes from. In many [...]
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Following the money in BC communities
March 12th, 2009 · Marc Lee · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Economy, Employment & labour, Environment, resources & sustainability, Poverty, inequality & welfare, Provincial budget & finance, Taxes
Tags: EI·employment·forestry·public sector·transfer payments·welfare
New CCPA study finds growing inequality and declining family incomes in BC
March 11th, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Children & youth, Economy, Poverty, inequality & welfare
Yesterday the CCPA released a new study on family income inequality in BC by yours truly, which reveals some disturbing statistics about family incomes over the past 30 years. Among our other key findings: The gap between the wealthiest and the majority of BC families has grown dramatically over the past 30 years. The share [...]
