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Nortel too important to lose
TheStar.com – News/Canada – Nortel too important to lose
July 28, 2009. James Travers, OTTAWA
For Conservatives gathering here tomorrow for their summer strategy session, the simmering controversy over the bankruptcy sale of Nortel Networks poses a puckish question: Is it reasonable to expect a minority federal government to walk and chew gum at the same time?
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Time for CEOs to pay the piper
TheStar.com – Business – Time for CEOs to pay the piper: Public outrage over ‘obscene’ corporate compensation deals spurring calls for reform
July 26, 2009. David Olive
It wasn’t the U.S. government’s $173 billion (U.S.) bailout of American International Group Inc. (AIG), whose insurance coverage of losses on global banks’ holdings of soured U.S. subprime mortgages made it “too big to fail,” that was cause for public outrage.
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Canada’s recession a he-cession, says new CCPA report
policyalternatives.ca – Press Release – Canada’s recession a he-cession, says new CCPA report
July 25, 2009
OTTAWA—Prime working age men are bearing the brunt of Canada’s recession, says a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
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Skilled immigrants squeezed out as temporary workers flock to Canada
TheGlobeandMail.com – Politics – Skilled immigrants squeezed out as temporary workers flock to Canada: Record number of short-term workers given permits to fill shortages last year, study finds
Jul. 22, 2009. CAMPBELL CLARK, OTTAWA
Canada is still bringing in temporary foreign workers at a near-record pace despite the recession, but a new study argues our immigration policy’s increasing focus on filling jobs will hamper the economy over time by squeezing out qualified permanent immigrants.
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System fails immigrants and nation
TheStar.com – Opinion – System fails immigrants and nation
July 22, 2009. Naomi Alboim
Immigration to Canada is fundamental to the nation’s social and economic well-being. Immigration can fill jobs, promote trade and innovation, generate investment and grow our population.
But the system is in trouble.
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When the age is in, the fiscal future is out [population aging]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – When the age is in, the fiscal future is out: The wisest policy for government would be to avoid big fiscal commitments it won’t be able to finance with an aging population
Jul. 21, 2009. Jeffrey Simpson
The only things older than aging are reports about aging.
We’ve known for a very long time that the Canadian population is getting older. Reports, studies and books have been trying for years, even decades, to alert us to the challenges of an older population.
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A real-estate guide to incarceration: Mapping where inmates come from…
TheStar.com – Crime – A real-estate guide to incarceration: Mapping where inmates come from is no easy task in Canada. But a Star analysis of jail sentences reveals high-price neighbourhoods in the GTA and provides a street-level look at the costs of crime
July 18, 2009. Jim Rankin, STAFF REPORTER
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Economists undone by their ignorance of history
TheStar.com – Opinion – Economists undone by their ignorance of history
July 15, 2009. Robert J. Samuelson, WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST
One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular economic and financial crisis in decades – possibly since the Great Depression – and the one group that spends most of its waking hours analyzing the economy basically missed it. Oh, a few economists can legitimately claim some foresight. But they are a handful. Most were as surprised as the rest of us.
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