Jim Stanfords: Canada

Canada: Growth of inequality in Canada cannot be denied, Sept. 26, according to The Star. The graph begins in the aftermath of World War I in the heady days of the Roaring Twenties, which the authors unfortunately use gilded age to describe. That term is more properly applied to the late 19th Century era of robber barons and the first railway boom/bust cycle, which in Canadas case began with Confederation and the building of the Canadian Pacific railway, thereby securing British Columbia and the lands in between for Canada and Re: Growth of inequality in Canada cannot be denied, Sept. 26 I found the graph accompanying Jordan Brennans and Jim Stanfords article: absolutely fascinating. It traces, not only the fall and rise of income inequality over the last 100 years, but also the huge structural changes that have transformed the Canadian economy over the same period. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.