Die Einkommensungleichheitslücke vergrößert sich in Kanada, da die reichsten 20 % ihr Nettovermögen am schnellsten steigern: StatCan
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/income-inequality-gap-widens-in-canada-as-wealthiest-20-increase-net-worth-at-fastest-pace-statcan-195402459.html
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TLDR: Income inequality in Canada hit a record high in Q2 2024, according to Statistics Canada, with the wealthiest 20% seeing the fastest growth in net worth. Despite wage increases for the lowest-income households, their gains were outpaced by higher-income earners, driven by greater investment income. The top 20% now hold 67.7% of the country’s total net worth, while the bottom 40% hold just 2.8%. Younger households have reduced mortgage debt due to rising housing costs, while older households have increased theirs, possibly for investments or family support.
It’s OK guys.
We can be in the upper-half of the median income by being a Burger King manager.
As the saying goes money makes money
Your house is an asset. If the government will protect the value of that asset, and lower interest rates will cause it to increase in value, your net worth will go up. Duh.
It’s almost like currency debasement works against the working class… who would have guessed.
Maybe it’s time to get serious about both fiscal and monetary policy with the objective of preserving purchasing power, not giving away ‘free’ things.
Huh, country that only votes for rich people who back their rich friends through policy has its rich people getting richer and richer.
What a shocker
Bottom 40% having 2.8% is fucking rofl status. We are not that far away from random immigrant DoorDash driver having the same life-outcomes as an average new grad from one of our big universities with no family money.
At least the DoorDash driver knows he’s not gonna make it. The new grad will grind for a decade thinking they might get somewhere someday. In reality they’ll have the same life as DoorDash guy – forced to have multiple roommates, can’t afford vacations, retirement, food, emergencies.
A Canadian turns 18 in 2024. What number is higher – the after-tax lifetime salary of that person, or the appreciation on an average detached home in this country?
Can someone break out the quintiles or send a link to the stats Canada page.
What the household income for each quintile and corresponding net worth?
The division is between landlords and renters. As long as we let the rich monopolize the ownership of homes, we will always be on our knees and beholding to them, right where they want us.
And somehow people believe voting Pierre in or re electing Trudeau will fix this issue? No thank you!
As someone recently identified as being in the top 8% (or 92nd percentile) of net worth, based on a similar recent Stats Can report, great for me.
I love seeing my net worth increasing when the stock market goes up, for doing nothing other than being smart enough to save and invest some of my paycheque for the past 25 years.
As for those on the poors side of the “inequality gap”, not losing any sleep over them.
Looks like a lot of you will be joining the tent cities soon.
My advice …. get the canvas one.
But raising taxes on these guys would be terrible.
Let’s import more slaves, opps I mean tfw workers and take there passports hostage. Surely that will help the poor and gap.
GDP per capita is the only thing that should matter. Increasing immigration temporarily increases country’s GDP but long term effects are lower quality of life for all.
Wow it’s almost like capitalism’s soul purpose is to produce profits and inventions and nothing else.
Fuck quality of life GDP is going up!
Very good we are on our way to the two tier society with landowners and the peons locked into servitude to them
Hilarious the same government that preaches about the unfairness of economic inequality, is also the people who are contributing to the problem the most.
Be careful how you vote.
Taxes against the wealthy are being rolled back, public services for the poor and middle class are being cut, more public monies are being spent on corporations, profits are being funnelled out of local economies into foreign holdings, CEO pay has *dramatically* outpaced worker pay, real wages for the average worker are stagnating, the industries with the most capital gains have been continually cutting workers, etc. etc. etc.