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How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada
conferenceboard.ca – website/home – This Website – How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada – assesses Canada’s quality of life compared with that of its peer countries.
We publish an overall report card as well as individual ones that measure performances in six categories: Economy, Innovation, Environment, Education and Skills, Health and Society. We release the report card for each category individually throughout the year.
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Gender Aspects of Employment Insurance
Connect2Canada – Canada Watch/Public Policy – Gender Aspects of Employment Insurance
April 3, 2009.
Ken Battle of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy appeared before the Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women. His presentation discusses gender aspects of the Employment Insurance program.
Read: < http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2009/social_net_gov.pdf >.
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Equal pay is not negotiable
Rabble.ca – Equal pay is not negotiable
Publish Date: March 3, 2009. Pat Armstrong, Paul Durber and Rosemary Morgan
We may have to erect a tombstone on Parliament Hill and inscribe it “Here lies pay equity,” if Canada’s MPs support the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act, buried deep in C-10, the Conservatives’ Budget Implementation Act.
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An Assessment of the 2009 Budget for the Living Standards of Canadians
Connect2Canada – Canada Watch – An Assessment of the 2009 Budget for the Living Standards of Canadians
February 27th, 2009.
In absolute terms, no one loses from the 2009 budget, according to the Centre for the Study of Living Standards. The government did not cut programs, reduce spending, or increase taxes in any significant way. Overall, the budget does well on short-term stimulus, but it could have done more for equity and long-term productivity growth.
http://www.csls.ca/notes/note2009-1.pdf
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Taxation, Good Governance, and First Nation Communities
Connect2Canada – Canada Watch – Taxation, Good Governance, and First Nation Communities
February 27th, 2009.
John Graham and Jodi Bruhn of the Institute on Governance explore the linkages between taxation and good governance. They suggest some of the positive effects of introducing broad-based taxation on reserve, and provide options and advice on how First Nations could introduce taxation in their communities.
http://www.iog.ca/publications/policybrief32.pdf
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Acting to Advance the Well-Being of Ontario’s Children and Youth
OASW Newsmagazine – Volume 34, Number 4, November ’08 – Becoming Dynamic Facilitators of Change: Acting to Advance the Well-Being of Ontario’s Children and Youth
An Offering from the Social Work National Conference 2008 – Theme: “Human Rights in a Diverse Community”
Cathy Vine & Michael Saini.
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