Fat Cats Feast While Canadians Freeze: A Call to Action

As 2025 begins, an alarming reality looms over Canada. By January 2, many of the top-paid CEOs in this country will have already earned more money than the average Canadian makes in an entire year. 

Meanwhile, countless Canadians, survive in Encampments, we never had such a thing in my lifetime (62 years )living here

 Families, children, older adults NOT YET SENIORS are struggling to survive and forced to go to overcrowded shelters.

Living unhoused with family or friends, crowded and unwelcomed in spaces that are unsafe but only option.

To many youth and people living on the street, tents hidden in bus as you ride the skytrain, it breaks your❤️💔😢

 This stark contrast is not only unjust—it's shameful.

The Facts Speak for Themselves

$178 Million a Year: The highest-paid CEO in Canada, Tobias Lütke of Shopify, earned a staggering $178 million in 2021. That’s nearly 4,500 times what a full-time worker earning minimum wage would make in a year.

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By January 2: By the time you read this, top CEOs have already "earned" more than the annual income of the average Canadian worker—over $58,000.

243 Times the Average Pay: The average CEO compensation in Canada’s top 100 corporations is 243 times the average worker's salary, and this gap is growing every year.

3 Women Out of 100: Out of the top 100 earners, only three are women, highlighting both wealth and gender inequality in corporate leadership.

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Corporate Greed vs. Basic Survival: While corporate profits soar and bonuses grow larger, workers face stagnant wages and rising costs of living. For many, housing and food security are now out of reach.

The Consequences of Wealth Hoarding

Wealth hoarding by the ultra-rich is like a toxic mold spreading through society. It leaves dark patches of poverty, homelessness, and despair in its wake. As the rich accumulate more, the poor are left with less—less housing, less opportunity, less hope. This hoarding is not just unethical; it is unsustainable and threatens the stability of our entire country.

Beware of False Solutions

While Justin Trudeau’s government must be held accountable for failing to address this crisis, we cannot allow Pierre Poilievre to exploit this issue to push his dangerous agenda. Poilievre’s track record reveals a politician more interested in dismantling social programs and cozying up to corporate interests than truly helping Canadians. His rhetoric may sound appealing to those frustrated by inequality, but his policies mirror the divisive playbook of Trump-era politics—a path that will only deepen inequality and harm the most vulnerable among us.

Let’s be clear: While Trudeau’s government has fallen short, Poilievre would take Canada in a direction that erases progress and amplifies the voices of the wealthy and powerful. We need solutions that unite Canadians, not divide them.

A Call to Action for Canadian Leaders

Justin Trudeau, Elizabeth May, and all Canadian policymakers:

We demand action. We demand:

1. A Wealth Tax: It’s time to tax the ultra-rich fairly and use that revenue to build affordable housing, fund education, and provide critical social services.

2. Executive Pay Reform: Cap CEO pay at a reasonable multiple of the average worker's salary.

3. Investment in People, Not Profits: Redirect corporate welfare and tax breaks to programs that support working Canadians and lift people out of poverty.

4. Declare Poverty a National Emergency: Homelessness and inequality require immediate, bold action.

What Can You Do?

Share This Post: The more people who see and understand these facts, the louder our collective voice becomes.

Contact Your Representatives: Call or write to your MP and demand action on wealth inequality.

Push for Accountability Without Division: Demand better from all parties, but reject the divisive, Trump-like tactics of Pierre Poilievre.

The time for empty promises is over.🙈🙉🙊 We must hold those in power accountable and demand a society where no one is left out in the cold while the few feast.

Let’s Take a Stand Together⚖️🤔💔😢💵🤪😯😠😤🔥🎉💪✍️🤳🙏

Canada deserves better. Let’s make 2025 the year we fight for a fair and just society where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.