Economically free states are more likely to experience higher wages and more entrepreneurial activity.
income mobility
July 12, 2019
12:02PM
More than 60 per cent moved out of the bottom and fewer than 60 per cent stayed at the top.
May 2, 2016
3:06PM
Thanks to Canada’s high level of economic mobility, people do not stay at a single income level their entire lives.
April 22, 2016
9:00AM
From 1993 to 2003, nine of every 10 Canadians who started out in the lowest income group moved up to higher income groups.
June 24, 2015
10:00AM
Is Canada still a land of opportunity? If you base your opinion on what sometimes appears on editorial pages or social media threads, you might not be sure.
June 16, 2015
11:00AM
Some columnists regularly help influence the general public’s view on important social issues. Indeed, they are opinion-shapers. So it’s unfortunate when they get things wrong—particularly when the intended audience is young and impressionable.
September 17, 2014
6:45AM
Headlines in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and CBC all trotted out the cliché that the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer, giving the impression of a doomsday-like wealth inequality gap. Fortunately, nothing could be further from the truth.
July 21, 2014
6:00AM
Given the continuous stream of media stories highlighting growing income inequality, it’s understandable that Canadians are worried about the implications. Thankfully however, the story of rapidly rising income inequality in Canada is just that, a great fictional tale.