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Deal to speed credentials for foreign professionals
TheStar.com – News/Canada – Deal to speed credentials for foreign professionals: Ottawa and provinces agree to framework to get foreign-trained workers in jobs more quickly
Published on November 30, 2009. Susan Delacourt Ottawa Bureau
OTTAWA–The federal government and the provinces are unveiling a major agreement on Monday to help foreign-trained professionals get their credentials recognized in Canada.
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Tab for business bailouts and subsidies between 1994 and 2007 exceeds $200 billion, or $15,000 per taxpayer
Fraserinstitute.org – news and events – Tab for business bailouts and subsidies between 1994 and 2007 exceeds $200 billion, or $15,000 per taxpayer
Release Date: November 27, 2009
VANCOUVER, BC—Canadian governments provided businesses with more than $202 billion in bailouts, loans, and subsidies between 1994 and 2007, according to a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, one of Canada’s leading economic think tanks.
That works out to $15,126 per taxpayer over that 13-year period or $1,244 per taxpayer in 2007 alone.
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The government’s new Indian ethnic test: You say you’re aboriginal? Prove it!
NationalPost.com – Opinion – Jonathan Kay on the government’s new Indian ethnic test: You say you’re aboriginal? Prove it!
Posted: November 26, 2009. Jonathan Kay
Looking for work? Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a federal government agency, is recruiting a research assistant at their Saint-Hyacinthe, Qu. location. Salary is listed as $52,225 to $63,538, and French is essential. If you’re interested, submit your application by December 3.
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Tory MP derides jobless as ‘no-good bastards’
TheStar.com – News/Canada – Tory MP derides jobless as ‘no-good bastards’: MPs’ comments on unemployed, abortion show party’s ‘meanness,’ opposition critics say Published On Wed Nov 25 2009. Richard J. Brennan Ottawa Bureau
OTTAWA–Comments by Conservative MPs deriding homeless people and describing abortion as a procedure that makes women more available to men demonstrate the party’s true colours, opposition critics say.
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Holding charities to business standards
TheStar.com – Opinion/comment – Holding charities to business standards
Published On Wed Nov 25 2009. By Carol Goar Editorial Board
Just in time for Christmas giving, Charity Intelligence Canada, which compiles an annual list of non-profit organizations that offer donors “the biggest bang for their buck,” has released its 2009 recommendations.
Twelve Toronto charities made the cut. Most are well-known, deliver quantifiable services and have influential corporate or institutional backers.
Here are the winners:
Second Harvest.
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Mental illness taking massive toll on economy
TheStar.com – Business – Mental illness taking massive toll on economy: Top economist calls for government action as ranks of unemployed swell, annual costs top $33 billion
Published On Wed Nov 25 2009. Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew Business Reporter
Don Drummond, chief economist for TD Financial Group, will discuss productivity and the GDP at a Toronto Board of Trade breakfast Wednesday morning, but not in the way you would expect.
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Numbers on EI swell
TheGlobeandMail.com – ROB – Numbers on EI swell: People receiving jobless benefits jumps 7.1% in September; Calgary, Edmonton lead year-over-year gains
Published on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Tavia Grant
The number of Canadians receiving jobless benefits jumped 7.1 per cent in September, reversing two months of declines, led by increases in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.
About 818,000 people got employment insurance in the month, marking a 63.5-per-cent increase since October of last year when the labour market peaked, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
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