How to tackle inequality and poverty in Canada

It is important to avoid structuring income-support programs in such a way that they provide a disincentive to taking low-paying jobs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Canada Child Benefit is much more generous than its predecessor, the National Child Benefit, writes Michael Hatfield.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HATFIELD

November 28, 2016

The first two articles in this series made the following points: Between 1990 and 2000, market and disposable income inequality in Canada rose significantly, poverty rates rose or remained stable for people under 65, the real incomes of the poorest 10 per cent fell, and the only significa...

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