Are you concerned about Canada's growing income gap?

The gap in earnings between rich and poor in Canada is the widest it's been in 30 years, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says.

In a report released Monday, the OECD said the average income of the richest 10 per cent in its 34 member nations is nine times the average income of the poorest 10 per cent. That 9-to-1 ratio is the largest gap in a generation, the agency says.

The gap in Canada is even wider: 10 to 1. The average income of the top 10 per cent of Canadians in 2008 was $103,500 -- 10 times higher than that of the lowest 10 per cent, who earned an average of $10,260. The ratio was 8 to 1 in the early 1990s.

The gap is also 10 to 1 in Italy, Japan, Korea and the United Kingdom. In Israel, Turkey and the United States, it's 14 to 1.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/12/are-you-concerned-about-canadas-growing-income-gap.html

Wealth gap widens to 30-year high

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/12/05/oecd-rich-poor-gap.html

Economic Emotion: How do you feel about the economy?

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Remember When Canada Was an Environmental Leader?

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/tzeporah-berman/canada-kyoto-protocol_b_1120793.html?ref=canada-politics&ref=canada

Canada Slammed At Durban Climate Talks

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/12/04/durban-climate-talks-canada_n_1128652.html?ref=canada&ref=canada

TWITTER REACTS TO NEWS CANADA MAY WITHDRAW FROM KYOTO:

Elizabeth May MP

Outrageous news of Canada's sneaky plan to pull out of Kyoto after Durban talks (Dec 23 so ppl will be busy with families) hits Durban COP.

Make Poverty History Canada

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Canada Income Inequality: Which Provinces Have The Widest Income Gap?

When it comes to the income inequality, Canada's provinces are, well, unequal.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/12/05/canada-income-inequality-by-province_n_1129729.html?ref=canada

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OECD report finds income inequality rising in Canada

http://m.ctv.ca/topstories/20111205/organization-economic-cooperation-development-oecd-inequality-report-canada-111205.html

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Canada May Miss $6.7 Billion Carbon Offset Bill by Exiting Kyoto Protocol

Bloomberg
December 3, 2011

Canada, the country furthest from meeting its commitment to cut carbon emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, may save as much as $6.7 billion by exiting the global climate change agreement and not paying for offset credits.

The country’s greenhouse-gas emissions are almost a third higher than 1990 levels, and it has a 6 percent CO2 reduction target for the end of 2012. If it couldn’t meet its goal, Canada would have to buy carbon credits, under the rules of the legally binding treaty.

Canada, which has the world’s third-largest proven oil reserves, would be the first of 191 signatories to the Kyoto Protocol to annul its emission-reduction obligations. While Environment Minister Peter Kent declined to confirm Nov. 28 that Canada is preparing to pull out of Kyoto, which may ease the burden for oil-sands producers and coal-burning utilities, he said the government wouldn’t make further commitments to it.

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Canadian delegates, including Kent, are in Durban, South Africa for United Nations climate talks. Negotiators are struggling to agree to a successor to Kyoto, which expires at the end of 2012 and is also opposed by Japan and Russia.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-02/canada-may-escape-6-7-billion-bill-by-exiting-kyoto-protocol.html