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At least income inequality isn’t getting worse

The latest Census data show that average growth in the median total income of households was disappointing over 2005 to 2015 which might, we suspect, prompt renewed speculation of worsening income inequality. But this showing isn’t any worse than the real GDP per capita data. Furthermore, the commodities boom helped to close the household income gap across provinces.

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