FAST FACTS: Connecting the Dots | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - 0 views
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rise in attention being paid to the growing poverty and inequality in Canada
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The Occupy movement can be credited for much of the recent attention but it is the data being released by mainstream institutions and ‘think tanks’ that have made it politically acceptable to challenge the dismal reality. Most recent is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising (Dec. 2011). It shines a spotlight on the growing inequality in OECD countries, including Canada, which is shown to have income inequality above the OECD average
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significant coming from the OECD
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