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Promise to world’s children remains unkept after 20 years [poverty]
TheStar.com – Opinion/Comment – Promise to world’s children remains unkept after 20 years: Even in a rich country like Canada, poverty continues to stunt too many young lives
Published On Wed Nov 18 2009. Miles Corak Professor of economics with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa
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Financial elite back in the saddle
TheStar.com – Comment – Financial elite back in the saddle
Published On Tue Nov 17 2009. By Linda McQuaig Columnist
The good news is that there are still some tickets left for the Fraser Institute’s 35th anniversary gala dinner next Monday night in Vancouver. The bad news is that the tickets – including tables for 10 at $7,000 – will probably all eventually be sold.
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Good news on diversity
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Good news on diversity
Published On Tue Nov 17 2009
Greater Toronto is one of the most immigrant-rich regions on Earth but you would be hard pressed to know it wandering the halls of finance, government and culture.
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A pioneering proposal [reforming Native status]
NationalPost.com – Opinion/Editorial – A pioneering proposal
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Auditor-General sounds alarm on immigration policy [foreign workers]
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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Temporary workers program is a time bomb
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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All-day kindergarten doesn’t make sense
NationalPost.com – Opinions – All-day kindergarten doesn’t make sense
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009. National Post
Given Ontario’s massive deficit, why is Premier Dalton McGuinty focused on imposing an expensive, full-day kindergarten program on the province?
Cynics will say that the project is about burnishing his legacy, about leaving future generations of Ontarians something more than red ink. He’s practically said as much, suggesting that once his kindergarten program was passed, “I find it hard to see somebody seeking to undo [it].”
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The right move on early learning
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorials – The right move on early learning
Published On Wed Oct 28 2009
Starting next September, Ontario’s first wave of kindergarten kids will benefit from a full day of learning because Premier Dalton McGuinty stuck to his promise – despite the economic downturn.
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Tax amnesty could bring in $5B in revenue
NationalPost.com – Opinion – Tax amnesty could bring in $5B in revenue
Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Diane Francis, Financial Post
There could be as much as $100-billion in hidden offshore accounts owned by Canadian tax cheats and Ottawa must crack down on tax evasion, as Washington, France and other countries are doing.
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