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Schizophrenia in Canada: A National Report Card
www.schizophrenia.sk.ca – Schizophrenia in Canada: A National Report Card
March 30,2009
DISCRIMINATION AND STIGMA PLAGUE CANADIANS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
A new national report calls for greater public awareness about schizophrenia, WINNIPEG, MB – March 30, 2009.
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Who goes to university? A clue: Have a dictionary?
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Who goes to university? A clue: Have a dictionary?
March 28, 2009. JEFFREY SIMPSON
A good old-fashioned dictionary. If you want to know who goes to university – and this is the time of year when prospective students are thinking about fall education possibilities – check whether the family home has a dictionary.
A dictionary is not literally the ticket to university. It’s more like a symbol of what’s going on in the family, and what kind of family the prospective student comes from.
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Lowest earners have most to gain
TheStar.com – Ontario – Lowest earners have most to gain: But more than 90% across province to get modest break
March 27, 2009. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
Ontario’s Liberal government is providing modest tax breaks to more than 90 per cent of Ontario taxpayers, but is offering its most significant cuts for those at the lowest income levels.
Its centrepiece, announced in yesterday’s budget, is a drop in the rate of the bottom tax bracket to 5.05 per cent from 6.05 per cent on the first $36,848 of taxable income starting next January.
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Getting a grip on greed
TheStar.com – Opinion – Getting a grip on greed
March 24, 2009. Linda McQuaig
Don’t get me wrong: I’m not against tarring and feathering those AIG guys who helped destroy the world economy with their financial manoeuvres, and then received million-dollar bonuses to undo their own handiwork.
But focusing just on them is like just going after the crude thugs who unleashed dogs on Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, without noticing that their actions were the product of a climate of lawlessness and vengeance fostered by the White House.
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Immigrants must speak our languages
NationalPost.com – Opinion/Editorial – Immigrants must speak our languages
Published: Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Rudyard Griffiths, National Post
Jason Kenney, the federal Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, should be commended for kick-starting a much-needed public discussion about the language skills and civic literacy of aspiring Canadian citizens.
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