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Change the things you can [Immigration]
NationalPost.com – opinion – Change the things you can
Published: Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Rudyard Griffiths
Discussion about what should be in the upcomingfederalbudget has focused almost exclusively on how tax cuts, infrastructure spending and direct cash infusions for troubled industries can revive the country’s sputtering economy. As such, it seems all but inevitable that billions of dollars will be showered on groups and regions to create jobs and revive consumer spending — all with the aim of getting Canada’s GDP back in the black.
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Deficit will linger half decade, watchdog warns [Stimulus spending should be “timely, targeted and temporary.”]
TheGlobeandMail.com – national – Deficit will linger half decade, watchdog warns
January 14, 2009. STEVEN CHASE
OTTAWA — Canadians should expect at least half a decade of federal government deficits, the country’s parliamentary budget watchdog says, as Ottawa readies a massive stimulus package to tackle the economic downturn.
The Harper Conservatives, who promised during the 2008 election campaign never to run a deficit, are now saying they will run temporary deficits to bail out the economy. They pledge to plot a course for returning to balanced budgets.
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How High Will Unemployment Go?
CAW.TCA Canada – Facts from the Fringe No. 178 – How High Will Unemployment Go?
January 12, 2009. Jim Stanford, Canadian Auto Workers
Another dismal jobs report for December, with 34,000 more jobs gone (71,000 full-time losses) and the unemployment rate jumping a third of a point in a single month, has got everyone now wondering: How high will the unemployment rate go in this recession?
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What would Keynes do? Keep an open mind
TheStar.com – Ideas – What would Keynes do? Keep an open mind: Everyone’s favourite economic interventionist isn’t as easy to peg as his latter-day interpreters would have you believe
January 10, 2009. Thomas Walkom, National Affairs Columnist
“I am not a Marxist,” a grumpy Karl Marx once protested. John Maynard Keynes might have made a similar point about Keynesianism. Keynesian economics has once again become the rage. But today’s popular version is much less subtle than that of the man who gave it his name.
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Is a cellphone a basic human right?
TheStar.com – News – Is a cellphone a basic human right? As the United States provides mobile phones to the poor, experts argue they are not a luxury
January 10, 2009. Lynda Hurst, Feature Writer
All compassionate governments should provide which of the following to their people:
a) food
b) shelter
c) medical care
d) a cellphone
Having a little problem with d)? Rephrase it then to “the right to communicate.” Still a problem? It isn’t south of the border.
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