The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, in a recent study on income inequality, arrived a startling conclusion. It stated that by 7:47 a.m. on the first working day of the year, Canada’s top 100 CEOs have already pocketed $49,510 — a sum it takes most Canadians a year to earn.
It should not have taken me by surprise, after a lifetime of living and working in the area of poverty as a social worker. Income inequality is an important indicator of equity in a country. It has implications for social outcomes such as crime, life dissatisfaction and poverty.
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