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Six pots of coffee beans.

Canadians aren’t imagining the cost-of-living crisis

Corn on the cob in closeup, with other produce and a store worker in the blurry background.

Slaying myths about income support

A worker in a yellow safety vest wrangles three shopping carts in a driving snowstorm.

A youth employment supplement could rebalance Canada’s generational divide

A shiny new foodbank with food organized on shelves with aisles like a supermarket.

Ten million Canadians live in food-insecure households. The federal budget doesn’t help them

Des passants traversent une intersection animée au centre-ville, sous un ciel gris. Les immeubles environnants, dont un avec le logo de Google, se reflètent dans une flaque d’eau au premier plan. Les décorations lumineuses des arbres évoquent la période des Fêtes.

Quebec since 1995: decline or progress?

: Des figurines miniatures debout sur des piles de pièces de différentes hauteurs. Un concept illustrant les inégalités économiques.

Federalism: obstacle or engine of redistribution?

A couple dozen people line up behind a white food delivery van. A woman in the foreground walks away with stuffed bags.

Ending food insecurity is a democratic imperative

An illustration of the figure of a miniature human standing on the edge of a bread basket hauling up another person.

Don’t miss the good news on poverty reduction in 2025

Using the power of science to beat poverty

Growth is essential to reducing poverty in developing countries

“The wealth of Western economies is no more inevitable than the poverty of emerging ones”

From political debate to public action: Overcoming poverty in New Brunswick

A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

Politics, political platforms and child poverty in Canada

  • by IRPP Admin 
A series of animated vignettes of everyday life.

Relative poverty – it can’t be erased, but it must be addressed, at home and abroad

  • by IRPP Admin 
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