Canada's Great Divide
The politics of the growing gap between rich and poor in the 1990s

Yalnizyan, Armine
Publisher:  Centre for Social Justice, Toronto, Canada
Year Published:  2000  
Pages:  64pp   ISBN:  0-9684032-3-9
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX9025

Over the course of the 1990s, Canada's growing gap has become a slippery slope for a growing number of middle income familes sliding towards the bottom of the income ladder.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter One:
The Slippery Slope of Market Values
Wealth versus Incomes
The Human Cost of the Slippery Slope: Dateline Halifax, 1998
The Growing Gap and Economic Growth

Chapter Two:
The Slippery Slope of Political Choice
How We Got Here: The Tax Cut Debate
The Human Cost of the Slippery Slope: Dateline Edmonton, 1999

Chapter Three:
The Provinces: Markets versus Political Choice
The Human Cost of the Slippery Slope: Dateline Regina, 1999

Chapter Four:
What We Have Learned

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