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Parents double their EI benefits [Twins]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Parents double their EI benefits: In a groundbreaking decision, a federal board rules that the couple can each receive Employment Insurance benefits for full parental leave.
Sep. 18, 2009. Jill Mahoney
Twins may be double the joy and double the work. But for one Ottawa couple, they also now mean double parental benefits.
In a groundbreaking decision, a federal board ruled that Christian Martin and Paula Critchley, who had twin girls in April, can each receive Employment Insurance benefits for full parental leaves.
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Unemployment is `bottom line’ of crisis
TheStar.com – Recession – Unemployment is `bottom line’ of crisis: OECD secretary-general encourages governments to `focus on helping job seekers in months to come’
September 17, 2009. Iain Marlow, Business Reporter
Unemployment in Canada will rise over the next year to almost 10 per cent, despite the federal stimulus package and global signs the great recession seems to be ending, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday.
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More Disappointing News for Women in Canada According to New CASW Report
casw-acts.ca – Immediate Release – More Disappointing News for Women in Canada According to New CASW Report.
September 16, 2009
While it may seem hard to believe, in 2009 women are still worse off financially than men, according to the most recent report by the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW).
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Down with capitalism
TheStar.com – TIFF – Down with capitalism. Moore braces for U.S. reaction to latest doc, the strongest since his debut 20 years ago
September 15, 2009. Peter Howell. Movie Critic
Michael Moore may look like he’s in a jolly mood, munching grapes as he banters during an interview yesterday at TIFF.
But the finger pointer from Flint, Mich., is angry, really angry, about what’s happened to his beloved country America in the past year and over the past three decades.
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Canada needs conservatives, not Conservatives
NationalPost.com – Opinions/Full Comment – Canada needs conservatives, not Conservatives
Posted: September 11, 2009, Gerry Nicholls, Canadian politics
It’s time for Canada’s conservative movement to stop focusing on what’s wrong and to start making things right.
And I make that plea as someone who fully understands that for those of us who believe in free enterprise, smaller government and individual freedom, lots of things are going wrong.
Indeed, everywhere you look it seems conservatism is either on the retreat or the defensive.
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Marx and his ideas rise from the dustbin of history
TheStar.com – Opinions – Marx and his ideas rise from the dustbin of history: Profound understanding of capitalist dynamics has come to the fore during the current crisis
September 07, 2009. Leo Panitch, RESEARCH CHAIR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT YORK UNIVERSITY
Workers of the world unite! A new message for Labour Day 2009?
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