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CLC calls for better pensions, and better pensions for women on IWD
The wage gap at work follows women into retirement, resulting in high levels of poverty among senior women. In 2008, women aged 65 years and older on average received incomes that were 65% of those of men of the same age. In 2004, 7.3% of retired women lived in poverty, more than double the rate of retired men. An astounding 45.6% of single, divorced or widowed elderly women lived in poverty, according to a 2004 study. PDF |
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Alberta Federation of Labour calls for Women's minister
One hundred years after the creation of International Women's Day, Alberta's largest labour organization is calling on the provincial government to take immediate action to give women an official voice in determining policies.
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Trish Hennessy of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives produces a monthly index of numbers about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index |
 100th Anniversary ofInternational Women's Day Canadian women still earning
only 72 cents for every dollar earned by men
While nurses have managed to achieve an above average wage through collective bargaining, many Canadian women are falling further behind. Women's earnings began to climb at the end of the 1960s, as did nursing salaries. But since about 1990 women's wages in the country have been lagging behind men's wages. The lack of progress on women's equality is mirrored by growing disparity in Canada as a whole. This sampled index from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives highlights unfair distribution of resources in Canada.
Hennessy's Index February 2011 "Inequality"
20thCanada ranks 20th, behind the U.S., in a global ranking of women's equality. (Source) $6.6 millionThe average compensation of Canada's best-paid 100 CEOs in 2009. (Source)
$42,988The average wage for Canadians working full-time, year-round. (Source)
155 timesHow much the best-paid 100 CEOs earn more than average wage. (Source)
0The number of women among the best-paid 100 CEOs in Canada in 2009. (Source)
Canada's richest 1%Doubled their income share between the late-1970s and 2007. (Source)
Canada's richest 0.01%Quintupled their share of income during that same period. (Source)
Shrinking middleThe share of income for the bottom 80% of Canadian families with children is smaller today than it was a generation ago. (Source)
Teetering6 out of 10 Canadians could be in trouble if their paycheque gets delayed. (Source)
Debt nationCanadian consumer debt to financial assets ratio worst of 20 OECD nations. (Source)
$1.41 trillionCanadian household debt. (Source)
17thCanada ranks 17 out of 24 OECD nations on children's material well-being. (Source)
1 in 10Canadian children live in poverty. 1 in 4 Aboriginal children live in poverty. (Source) A solutionShifting 1% of Canadiansí collective after-tax income to the 1 in 10 Canadians living in low income would eliminate poverty in Canada. (Source)
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