Erika Shaker
@ershaker.bsky.social
Director, CCPA National Office
https://bsky.app/profile/policyalternatives.bsky.social
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ICYMI: CEO pay gap with workers continues to widen, report from @policyalternatives.ca shows. @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlFO...
CEO pay gap with workers continues to widen, report shows
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January 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
ICYMI: CEO pay gap with workers continues to widen, report from @policyalternatives.ca shows. @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlFO...
Reposted by Erika Shaker
Two of Canada’s most progressive economists, @davidmaccdn.bsky.social & @dtcochrane.bsky.social, agree: CEO pay isn’t about productivity. It’s about power.
New data from the @policyalternatives.ca's report shows who’s really paying the price.
Report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
New data from the @policyalternatives.ca's report shows who’s really paying the price.
Report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
January 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Two of Canada’s most progressive economists, @davidmaccdn.bsky.social & @dtcochrane.bsky.social, agree: CEO pay isn’t about productivity. It’s about power.
New data from the @policyalternatives.ca's report shows who’s really paying the price.
Report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
New data from the @policyalternatives.ca's report shows who’s really paying the price.
Report: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve... These acts in no way defend democracy; they are clear acts of aggression as part of a militarised foreign policy agenda motivated by unilateral economic interests.”
ITUC and TUCA strongly condemn the US military aggression and violation of Venezuela's sovereignty.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) express their absolute and unequivocal rejection of the military operation carried out in to...
www.ituc-csi.org
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve... These acts in no way defend democracy; they are clear acts of aggression as part of a militarised foreign policy agenda motivated by unilateral economic interests.”
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t... “We do not know the whereabouts of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores,” Rodriguez said. “We demand proof of life."
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro captured following U.S. strikes on Caracas, Trump says | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and flown them out of the country amid strikes by the U.S. on Caracas, Ven...
www.cbc.ca
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t... “We do not know the whereabouts of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores,” Rodriguez said. “We demand proof of life."
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The surge in corporate profit rates that began during COVID has never ended - a greater share of corporate revenue is profits than ever before, and we are taxing those profits less than ever. No wonder CEO pay has hit another record high!
January 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The surge in corporate profit rates that began during COVID has never ended - a greater share of corporate revenue is profits than ever before, and we are taxing those profits less than ever. No wonder CEO pay has hit another record high!
A wealth tax of 1 per cent on anyone with $10M in net assets, and 3% on assets over $100M could raise more than $20B/yr. “The possible gains in terms of revenue for the federal govt are tremendous, and it would target a very [small] number of people.” www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Canada’s highest-paid CEOs made an average of $16.2-million in 2024, report says
Gap between their payout and average worker wages widened to a record 248 times more
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January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
A wealth tax of 1 per cent on anyone with $10M in net assets, and 3% on assets over $100M could raise more than $20B/yr. “The possible gains in terms of revenue for the federal govt are tremendous, and it would target a very [small] number of people.” www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... '
The average pay of the 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada soared to a new record in 2024 of $16.2M. This bested the previous record, which was set in 2022, of $14.9M for the highest-paid S&P/TSX composite CEOs' @policyalternatives.ca @davidmaccdn.bsky.social
The average pay of the 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada soared to a new record in 2024 of $16.2M. This bested the previous record, which was set in 2022, of $14.9M for the highest-paid S&P/TSX composite CEOs' @policyalternatives.ca @davidmaccdn.bsky.social
Living the high life: A record-breaking year for CEO pay in Canada - CCPA
By 9:23 a.m. on January 2, 2025 Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had made what the average worker will make all year
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... '
The average pay of the 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada soared to a new record in 2024 of $16.2M. This bested the previous record, which was set in 2022, of $14.9M for the highest-paid S&P/TSX composite CEOs' @policyalternatives.ca @davidmaccdn.bsky.social
The average pay of the 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada soared to a new record in 2024 of $16.2M. This bested the previous record, which was set in 2022, of $14.9M for the highest-paid S&P/TSX composite CEOs' @policyalternatives.ca @davidmaccdn.bsky.social
openpolicyontario.com/robin-hood-i... ‘None of this is to deny that boomers, as a cohort, did better than their adult children. It is to say that policy should not confuse cohort advantage with individual security at the margins.’
Robin Hood is the wrong metaphor for aging policy | Open Policy Ontario
I understand the frustration that animates Paul Kershaw’s work. Younger Canadians face a housing market that feels rigged, tuition that rises faster than wages, and child-rearing costs that outpace fa...
openpolicyontario.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
openpolicyontario.com/robin-hood-i... ‘None of this is to deny that boomers, as a cohort, did better than their adult children. It is to say that policy should not confuse cohort advantage with individual security at the margins.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... “1.3M people still require urgent shelter support. More than half of health facilities…face shortages of essential medical equipment and supplies. The total collapse of sanitation infrastructure has left 740K people vulnerable to toxic flooding”
Israel to ban dozens of aid agencies from Gaza as 10 nations warn about suffering
Failure of groups including MSF and ActionAid to hand over staff details means they will not be able to operate in Gaza, say Israeli officials
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December 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... “1.3M people still require urgent shelter support. More than half of health facilities…face shortages of essential medical equipment and supplies. The total collapse of sanitation infrastructure has left 740K people vulnerable to toxic flooding”
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Carney’s resurrected Liberals have set out an economic agenda with a big push on fossil fuels and mining, while rolling back nearly a decade of modest progress on climate action along the way.’ @marclee.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
2025 was Canada’s year of Mark Carney: What have we learned about his economic policy agenda? - CCPA
Two liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in BC Five mining projects across the country A major new transmission line in northern BC (to support LNG and mining) Nuclear power in Ontario Hydro power in ...
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December 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Carney’s resurrected Liberals have set out an economic agenda with a big push on fossil fuels and mining, while rolling back nearly a decade of modest progress on climate action along the way.’ @marclee.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
www.thestar.com/politics/fed... ‘Wiseman is a longtime friend of Carney who was among the first to contribute to Carney’s leadership bid…’
Mark Carney names investment banker Mark Wiseman as next U.S. ambassador
Wiseman will take the role on Feb. 15, replacing Kirsten Hillman, and he will be tasked with leading negotiations with the United States on the review of the continental free
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December 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
www.thestar.com/politics/fed... ‘Wiseman is a longtime friend of Carney who was among the first to contribute to Carney’s leadership bid…’
“Using workers’ own pension surpluses to finance their departure sets an extraordinary and dangerous precedent…No employer should ever be permitted to unilaterally appropriate workers’ deferred compensation and repurpose it for its own purposes.” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa to shift nearly $1-billion from public-service pension fund to general revenues
Unions have long criticized the practice, with one vowing to ‘oppose any attempts to unilaterally allocate these funds’
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December 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Using workers’ own pension surpluses to finance their departure sets an extraordinary and dangerous precedent…No employer should ever be permitted to unilaterally appropriate workers’ deferred compensation and repurpose it for its own purposes.” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... ‘In early October, Auditor General Shelley Spence issued a special report with damning findings on how $1.3 billion in the fund was awarded. Spence said the selection process for funding was "not fair, transparent or accountable."’
Integrity commissioner to probe Ontario labour minister's handling of controversial training fund | CBC News
Ontario's ethics watchdog says it will investigate whether the province's labour minister contravened any laws in his handling of a controversial training fund.
www.cbc.ca
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... ‘In early October, Auditor General Shelley Spence issued a special report with damning findings on how $1.3 billion in the fund was awarded. Spence said the selection process for funding was "not fair, transparent or accountable."’
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One more #Civicplan10 highlight from our first decade in business:
✒️ Student Street Strategies: Creating Neighbourhood Active Transportation Systems.
🥇 PlanON 2025 Vision Award of Excellence, OPPI; Award of Excellence, Visions and Master Plans, HUDDA
🤼 Daily School Route
More: lnkd.in/es3h_Bza
✒️ Student Street Strategies: Creating Neighbourhood Active Transportation Systems.
🥇 PlanON 2025 Vision Award of Excellence, OPPI; Award of Excellence, Visions and Master Plans, HUDDA
🤼 Daily School Route
More: lnkd.in/es3h_Bza
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One more #Civicplan10 highlight from our first decade in business:
✒️ Student Street Strategies: Creating Neighbourhood Active Transportation Systems.
🥇 PlanON 2025 Vision Award of Excellence, OPPI; Award of Excellence, Visions and Master Plans, HUDDA
🤼 Daily School Route
More: lnkd.in/es3h_Bza
✒️ Student Street Strategies: Creating Neighbourhood Active Transportation Systems.
🥇 PlanON 2025 Vision Award of Excellence, OPPI; Award of Excellence, Visions and Master Plans, HUDDA
🤼 Daily School Route
More: lnkd.in/es3h_Bza
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'While 2026 will bring new challenges for BC, the current trade situation also highlights structural challenges facing the province...Unfortunately, BC’s misguided push for resource megaprojects threatens to move the province in the wrong direction'
How’s the BC economy holding up in the face of the Trump trade war? - CCPA
President Trump’s tariff and trade policies dominated the world’s political discourse through 2025. In a recent article,Stuart Trew and I reviewed the different tariffs and overall state of play for C...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'While 2026 will bring new challenges for BC, the current trade situation also highlights structural challenges facing the province...Unfortunately, BC’s misguided push for resource megaprojects threatens to move the province in the wrong direction'
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'with opposition in BC & terrible economics, there’s a strong likelihood those pipelines never get built. Nonetheless, by killing climate & energy regulations, the MOU must have the oil & gas industry feeling like a kid [at Xmas]' @policyalternatives.ca
The Alberta-Canada MOU is an early Christmas present for the oil and gas industry - CCPA
A detailed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the federal and Alberta governments, released late November, looks like a political game-changer but is most likely an economic loser. The short-te...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'with opposition in BC & terrible economics, there’s a strong likelihood those pipelines never get built. Nonetheless, by killing climate & energy regulations, the MOU must have the oil & gas industry feeling like a kid [at Xmas]' @policyalternatives.ca
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Canada’s poor performance in international assessments is not complicated and should not be surprising...[but] ....winding down the production of oil and gas is one intervention we refuse to entertain' @hadrianmk.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
Canada is doing way worse on climate than you think - CCPA
The following is a re-print of the November 2025 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and climate change. Click here to subscribe to Shift St...
www.policyalternatives.ca
December 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Canada’s poor performance in international assessments is not complicated and should not be surprising...[but] ....winding down the production of oil and gas is one intervention we refuse to entertain' @hadrianmk.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
Reposted by Erika Shaker
When we crunch Canada Post's numbers, we don’t see a system bloated by high costs—and when we look at comparison countries, we see that budget cuts and falling revenue go hand-in-hand. By Ryan Romard @policyalternatives.ca #canlab
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Canada Post is already one of the world’s most cost-effective postal systems - CCPA
There’s a common narrative about why Canada Post is in such bad shape—the company’s financial difficulties lie in excessive spending, and that the decline of letter-mail has made Canada Post too costl...
www.policyalternatives.ca
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When we crunch Canada Post's numbers, we don’t see a system bloated by high costs—and when we look at comparison countries, we see that budget cuts and falling revenue go hand-in-hand. By Ryan Romard @policyalternatives.ca #canlab
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Reposted by Erika Shaker
My submission to the Senate Committee studying the misuse of s. 107 of Canada Labour Code to crush the Charter right to strike:
lawofwork.ca/doorey-my-su...
In Brief: Stop it. It's an entirely inappropriate & undemocratic use of a statutory provision never intended for this purpose.
lawofwork.ca/doorey-my-su...
In Brief: Stop it. It's an entirely inappropriate & undemocratic use of a statutory provision never intended for this purpose.
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My submission to the Senate Committee studying the misuse of s. 107 of Canada Labour Code to crush the Charter right to strike:
lawofwork.ca/doorey-my-su...
In Brief: Stop it. It's an entirely inappropriate & undemocratic use of a statutory provision never intended for this purpose.
lawofwork.ca/doorey-my-su...
In Brief: Stop it. It's an entirely inappropriate & undemocratic use of a statutory provision never intended for this purpose.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'we should favour bold investments to open up new streams of revenue for Canada Post in sectors like banking or telecommunications, while enhancing its role in public service provision' @policyalternatives.ca
Canada Post is already one of the world’s most cost-effective postal systems - CCPA
There’s a common narrative about why Canada Post is in such bad shape—the company’s financial difficulties lie in excessive spending, and that the decline of letter-mail has made Canada Post too costl...
www.policyalternatives.ca
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'we should favour bold investments to open up new streams of revenue for Canada Post in sectors like banking or telecommunications, while enhancing its role in public service provision' @policyalternatives.ca
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Unfortunately, the government did not create a postal bank when it ought to have done so. The second best time to start a postal bank is right now.' @policyalternatives.ca
Crunching the numbers on postal banking in Canada - CCPA
Among the many proposals to transform Canada Post, one stands out: postal banking. It’s a program that could contribute to solving multiple policy problems at once—help support our postal service with...
www.policyalternatives.ca
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Unfortunately, the government did not create a postal bank when it ought to have done so. The second best time to start a postal bank is right now.' @policyalternatives.ca
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n... “These aren't charities. They're not altruistic organizations. Why would a tech company want to allow their employees to work for the government and pay 100 per cent of their salary and benefits?” @simonenoch.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government
Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n... “These aren't charities. They're not altruistic organizations. Why would a tech company want to allow their employees to work for the government and pay 100 per cent of their salary and benefits?” @simonenoch.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
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Looking for a gift idea for a caring, thinking Canadian with fiercely progressive values? Why not give them a one-year subscription to the print edition of THE MONITOR -- @policyalternatives.ca's quarterly policy and current affairs magazine? It's a great way to support the CCPA. 🍁
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December 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Looking for a gift idea for a caring, thinking Canadian with fiercely progressive values? Why not give them a one-year subscription to the print edition of THE MONITOR -- @policyalternatives.ca's quarterly policy and current affairs magazine? It's a great way to support the CCPA. 🍁
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'Ben Gvir said that the noose is just “one of the options through which we will implement the death penalty law...Of course, there is the option of the gallows, the electric chair and also the option of euthanasia"' www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-mk...
Far-right MKs sport noose-shaped pins at hearing on controversial death penalty bill
Ben Gvir draws condemnation after display at Knesset meeting where MKs pushing bill hear language of measure mandating capital punishment may not be constitutional
www.timesofisrael.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
'Ben Gvir said that the noose is just “one of the options through which we will implement the death penalty law...Of course, there is the option of the gallows, the electric chair and also the option of euthanasia"' www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-mk...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Bill C-9 has received widespread & sharp criticism from civil-liberties groups, community advocates & activists who warn it risks failing in its stated goals while providing police with the power to engage in increased repression of dissent & speech.'
The “Combatting Hate Act” is part of a wave of anti-protest legislation in Canada - CCPA
On September 19, amidst a flurry of other new federal legislation, Justice Minister Sean Fraser introduced Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act. The act, according to the press release announcing its int...
www.policyalternatives.ca
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Bill C-9 has received widespread & sharp criticism from civil-liberties groups, community advocates & activists who warn it risks failing in its stated goals while providing police with the power to engage in increased repression of dissent & speech.'