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Friday, November 20th, 2009
TheStar.com – News/Ontario – Despite Tory roars, HST here to stay
Published On Fri Nov 20 2009. By Jim Coyle Queen’s Park
What most of us don’t know about economics is a lot.
In the technical notes released by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan as he introduced Ontario’s proposed HST legislation this week, are equations so terrifyingly complex it seems conceivable the mere juxtaposition of any two figures therein could bring about either instant Armageddon or a Stanley Cup for the Leafs.
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
TheGlobeandMail.com – ROB – Ranks of people exhausting EI grow: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Statistics Canada aim to provide ‘more timely information’
Published on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009. Tavia Grant
The number of people exhausting their jobless benefits is rising in line with large volume of claims, the federal government says.
It’s the first official indication of current trends in exhaustion rates of employment insurance beneficiaries, a measure that is regularly tracked in the United States but not in Canada.
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
TheGlobeandMail.com – News/Politics – Auditor-General sounds alarm on immigration policy: Government can’t explain why it’s allowing more foreign workers in, nor is it keeping them safe once they arrive, report says
Published on Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009. Last updated on Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009. Bill Curry
Auditor-General Sheila Fraser has exposed major problems with key aspects of Canada’s immigration system, releasing a damning report that finds Ottawa is bringing in big changes with little understanding of the potential consequences.
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
TheStar.com – Opinion/Comment – Temporary workers program is a time bomb
Published On Thu Nov 05 2009. By Haroon Siddiqui Editorial Page
The Stephen Harper Conservatives have adopted one of the worst policies of authoritarian oil-rich Arab states: an exploitative system of indentured labour, a.k.a. the temporary workers program.
You import workers on short-term visas, tether them to one employer, bar them from bringing families, deny them state benefits and services, and then ship them back at the end of their contract.
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
NationalPost.com – News&Sectors – CPPIB chief calls for expanded, mandatory CPP
Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Karen Mazurkewich, Financial Post
David Denison, president and chief executive of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Handout photo David Denison, president and chief executive of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
The head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says the national pension system is in need of reform and Wednesday threw his weight behind proposals to create a supplemental CPP.
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
TheStar.com – Business – Actuaries propose a strategy to bolster pensions
Published On Thu Nov 05 2009. By James Daw Personal Finance Columnist
The best pension plans are vanishing. Many employers simply cannot hold up their end of what has become a one-sided deal.
Meanwhile, pension legislation is restrictive, burdensome and far from uniform across Canada. This has stacked the odds against starting decent pension plans without betting a company’s survival.
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
NationalPost.com – Full Comment – The Tories’ shrewd EI move
Posted: November 02, 2009. John Ivison
“The other parties will be kicking themselves that they didn’t think of it first,” chuckled Michael Prince, a professor of social policy at the University of Victoria.
He was referring to new legislation to extend some Employment Insurance benefits to self-employed Canadians the Conservatives will introduce in Parliament on Tuesday.
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
TheGlobeandMail.com – News – Legislation would offer parental benefits to self-employed: Plans to be unveiled this week would extend EI program
Published on Sunday, Nov. 01, 2009. Last updated on Monday, Nov. 02, 2009. Shawn McCarthy, Ottawa
The Harper government plans to introduce legislation Tuesday to allow self-employed Canadians to access maternity and parental benefits under the federal employment insurance program.
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
TheStar.com – Business – How we’re creating an illegal workforce: Controversial federal program brings in foreigners for temporary jobs, but leaves them ripe for abuse
Published On Sun Nov 01 2009. Sandro Contenta, Laurie Monsebraaten, Staff Reporters
HOW THE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM WORKS:
The program is made up of four streams: the Live-In Caregiver Program, the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, and programs for high-skilled workers and low-skilled ones.
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