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Media buying Conservative spin
TheStar.com – Opinions/Letter – Media buying Conservative spin
October 13, 2009. Re:Michael Ignatieff must target Tory deficit, Oct. 10
With a few exceptions, such as James Travers, the media are playing right into the hands of the Conservative strategy. Stephen Harper wants to make the next election a personality contest between himself and Michael Ignatieff. As if it were a boxing match. Problem is, it’s not.
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Industrial engine idling
TheStar.com – Opinion – Industrial engine idling: Ontario’s economy cannot prosper without a vigorous manufacturing sector
October 11, 2009. David Crane
Without a revitalized manufacturing base, Ontario has little chance of a healthy economic recovery that delivers the good jobs and high productivity we need for sustainable prosperity.
So a key question as we face a federal election some time in the next 12 months is which party, Conservative or Liberal, can deliver the most effective manufacturing strategy for the province.
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Boost early learning and care for our children – and for our work force
TheGlobeandMail.com – Boost early learning and care for our children – and for our work force: Our piecemeal provincial approach leaves young parents torn between careers and parenting
Published Oct. 09, 2009. Last updated on Oct. 12, 2009. Jennifer Wallner and Luc Turgeon
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Gravy train doesn’t stop here anymore [disappearing middle class]
TheStar.com – Opinion – Gravy train doesn’t stop here anymore
October 07, 2009. Thomas Walkom
The frontier between middle-class life and poverty is ill-defined. One day things are going swimmingly; the next day a family can find itself literally in the poor house.
That’s the theme of a new documentary film on real life in the Toronto area by Laura Sky and Cathy Crowe. Sky is a veteran filmmaker with a taste for justice. Crowe is a street nurse who works with the homeless.
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Job insecurity: the corrosive new normal
TheStar.com – Opinion – Job insecurity: the corrosive new normal
October 07, 2009. Carol Goar
Historic shifts catch people off-guard. Something feels askew. Their friends and colleagues seem to be losing their footing. But they don’t know what’s wrong.
Finally, someone sounds the alarm.
This week, an international coalition of unions sounded the alarm: Precarious work has reached epidemic proportions.
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Hits and misses in the recession-taming battle
TheStar.com – Opinion – Hits and misses in the recession-taming battle
October 02, 2009. Carol Goar
Strip away the political hoopla, the deceptive statistics and the partisan catcalls and there are some clear lessons in this week’s progress report on the Conservative government’s recession-fighting plan.
Some kinds of economic stimulus work well in a downturn. Others are slow, cumbersome and trouble-prone.
Job creation is best left to employers. Policy-makers are better at creating ways workers can help themselves.
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