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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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No threat of top-down reform [Federal plans to redesign the Indian Government Support Programs]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinion/Editorial – No threat of top-down reform
February 23, 2009 at 9:15 PM EST
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Another bad idea: equal pay for work of equal value
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Comments – Another bad idea: equal pay for work of equal value
February 23, 2009. TOM FLANAGAN
Buried in the Conservative government’s enormous Budget Implementation Act (C-10) is an obscure but significant reform – taking public-sector “pay equity” away from the Canadian Human Rights Commission and putting it into the collective bargaining process. To understand what’s going on requires knowing a little history.
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Fast-track immigrant program expanded
TheStar.com – GTA – Fast-track immigrant program expanded: Ontario hopes changes to provincial initiative will keep professionals from going elsewhere
February 21, 2009. Nicholas Keung, IMMIGRATION/DIVERSITY REPORTER
Worried that it’s losing talented newcomers to other provinces, Ontario is expanding its immigrant recruitment fast-track program despite the economic downturn.
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What you missed in that budget bill
TheStar.com – Insight – What you missed in that budget bill
February 14, 2009. Thomas Walkom
Those worried about Stephen Harper changing his spots can rest easy. At heart, the prime minister’s the same old guy. True, he now plans to run big deficits to fight the economic slump. But Harper is also using the opportunity provided by this slump to quietly ram through laws that punish two groups his governing Conservatives have long had in their sights – public sector workers and uppity women.
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A chance to trim bloated paycheques
TheStar.com – Opinion – A chance to trim bloated paycheques
February 06, 2009. Carol Goar
As president of the United States, Barack Obama earns $400,000 (U.S.) a year. That is a fraction of what most corporate executives and Wall Street financiers make.
As Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper earns $310,800 a year. That is a fraction of what most business leaders and Bay Street bankers take home.
There the similarity ends.
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Common sense, balance [citizenship-of-convenience]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinion/editorial – Common sense, balance
February 3, 2009
With a law passed last year, and set to take effect in April, the federal government’s attempt to reduce the number of citizens-of-convenience may tilt the balance too far in the other direction.
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The truth about sentencing circles
NationalPost.com – Opinion / Full Comment – Pierre Rousseau: The truth about sentencing circles
Posted: February 02, 2009
After reading Jonathan Kay’s article about Christopher Pauchay’s criminal negligence on Saskatchewan’s Yellow Quill reserve (“The folly of native sentencing circles,” Jan. 20), I realized that there is confusion about sentencing circles and aboriginal justice.
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Why Canada has to wait for its Obama moment [Aboriginal participation]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions / Special Comment – Why Canada has to wait for its Obama moment
February 2, 2009. JEFF ROBERTS
Many Canadians shared in the sweet sense of pride as they watched the first black U.S. President take his oath of office. That moment, still lingering, symbolized an opportunity for Americans to feel free of their racial demons.
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