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Hard to see which programs help newcomers, study finds
TheStar.com – Canada – Hard to see which programs help newcomers, study finds: Report says better assessment needed to steer resources into most useful initiatives
September 08, 2008. Nicholas Keung, Immigration/Diversity Reporter
Ottawa and Ontario have implemented myriad programs from language training to mentoring to help newcomers integrate into the Canadian labour market, but are they working?
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Premier’s election message: Treat Ontario with fairness
TheStar.com – Opinion – Premier’s election message: Treat Ontario with fairness: The province needs a partner in Ottawa to help overcome global challenges to economy
September 08, 2008. Dalton McGuinty
Over the next few days, there’s going to be a lot of talk about the federal election and the outcome.
One thing is absolutely certain: No matter which party forms the government, one third of the people elected to the House of Commons will be there to represent Ontario.
Which is why, starting now, all the parties will be paying particular attention to what Ontarians want.
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Canada’s sorry record of abandoning fathers
NationalPost.com – opinion – Canada’s sorry record of abandoning fathers
Posted: September 03, 2008. Barbara Kay, Full Comment
If you live in the Chatham, Ont., region, be warned that today you may happen upon a purple Barney Mobile full of scary characters like Batman, The Incredible Hulk and Wonder Woman.
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Heritage department takes aim at religious radicals
TheGlobeandMail.com – national – Heritage department takes aim at religious radicals: Multiculturalism plan under scrutiny
September 1, 2008. COLIN FREEZE
The federal culture department wants to fight religious radicalization in Canada.
Canadian Heritage officials, who are responsible for the promotion of citizenry, say the country has moved beyond the “mosaic” model of the 1970s and entered an era of “integrative multiculturalism” that requires, in part, a battle against youth extremism.
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Stigma suffers a real setback [Mental Illness]
TheGlobeandMail.com – opinions/editorial – Stigma suffers a real setback
August 27, 2008
Canadian employers may not like an Ontario court’s decision objecting to the firing of an employee with a major mental illness. But the ruling in the case of Paul Lane, who was fired eight days into the job when he began acting strangely, struck a blow against the stigma of mental illness. It was the right decision.
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Twisting the concept of ‘elite’
TheStar.com – Opinion – Twisting the concept of ‘elite’
August 26, 2008 . Linda McQuaig
Clearly, a compulsory item future U.S. presidential candidates will have to commit to memory will be the number of houses they own.
Sadly, however, there may be no other repercussion from Republican John McCain’s inability last week to remember that he owned seven.
Conservative pundits were quick to suggest that attempts by Democratic rival Barack Obama to make an issue out of McCain’s wealth would backfire since, they said, Obama is the real elitist who’s out of touch with ordinary Americans.
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