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Caledonia: The fires are out but much fury remains [equality/law enforcement]
NationalPost.com – News – Caledonia: The fires are out but much fury remains
Published: Friday, November 27, 2009. Adrian Humphreys, National Post
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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
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Rich v. poor: The lives we can expect from our income
TheGlobeandMail.com – Life/Health – Rich v. poor: The lives we can expect from our income: Both longevity and quality of life are now measured by statisticians, but however you parse the data, Canada’s poor have worse life expectancy than the well off
Published on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Last updated on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Andre Picard
Life expectancy in Canada rivals that of almost any country in the world. A girl born today can expect to live, on average, to 82 and a boy to a more modest 76.9, according to Statistics Canada.
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Immigrants trail on wages and jobs
TheStar.com – Business – Immigrants trail on wages and jobs
Published On Tue Nov 24 2009. Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew Business Reporter
Immigrants face lower wages and are more likely than Canadian-born workers to be forced into temporary or part-time jobs, according to a new study.
The report from Statistics Canada, made public Monday, also found newcomers tend to end up in jobs for which they are overqualified.
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Give native kids a chance to shine
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Give native kids a chance to shine
Published On Tue Nov 24 2009
Twenty-years ago today, Canada’s politicians stood in the House of Commons and committed to ending child poverty by 2000. Nine years past that deadline, success is still nowhere in sight.
Nationally, one in 10 children is raised in poverty, according to a report being released today. In First Nations communities, that figure rises to a staggering one in four.
How can we allow this to continue?
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Signs of hope for First Nations children
TheStar.com – News/parentcentral.ca – Signs of hope for First Nations children
November 23, 2009. Laurie Monsebraaten SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTER
From the photo, you just know the boy with the black brush-cut and the dead-serious face isn’t kidding.
“I want to be a Lego producer,” says his hand-made sign.
And why not?
Why shouldn’t First Nations children have the same chance as other children?
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Shortage of funds, surplus of suffering [child welfare on reserves]
TheStar.com – Opinion/comment – Shortage of funds, surplus of suffering: Inadequate funding for child welfare on reserves will perpetuate chronic social problems
Published On Sun Nov 22 2009. Paul Martin, Cindy Blackstock
With the passing of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Canada must wrestle with the bleak reality that more First Nations children are in child welfare care today than were forced to live in residential schools at the peak of their operation.
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CAS needs help now
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – CAS needs help now
Published On Sun Nov 22 2009
In less than a month, an agency that cares for some of Ontario’s most vulnerable children in northern First Nations communities plans to close its doors because it can’t afford to pay its bills.
Payukotayno James and Hudson Bay Family Services is not alone. The vast majority of our children’s aid societies are facing budget shortfalls because the province has changed the funding rules.
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The Nisga’a Revolution [land ownership]
NationalPost.com – Opinion – The Nisga’a Revolution
Published: Friday, November 20, 2009
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Coming soon to a land claim near you
NationalPost.com – FullComment – Caledonia — Coming soon to a land claim near you
Posted: November 20, 2009 by Kevin Libin
There can be little doubt that almost everyone saw David Brown’s lawsuit coming a mile away. Any Canadian listening to the Caledonia man’s harrowing, shocking testimony before Ontario superior court judge Thomas Bielby this week, would have done the same in his shoes.
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