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How to deal with the economic crisis
NationalPost.com – Full Comment, Canadian politics – Bob Rae: How to deal with the economic crisis
Posted: November 22, 2008, Bob Rae
Political parties have a critical role to play in helping Canadians get through tough economic times. Today, Canadians are rightly preoccupied with jobs, retirement savings and pensions, housing prices and with making ends meet. They expect intelligent action from their government.
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Considering race-based statistics
TheStar.com – Opinion/letters – Considering race-based statistics
November 22, 2008
Re:Race stats confine black youth, Nov. 17
As a student at Queen’s University in Kingston, I was a constant target of racial profiling by the Kingston police force. I was constantly being followed in my car, trailed while walking home, searched, questioned, singled out and humiliated in front of my peers. My stories were met with suspicion and disbelief by friends and acquaintances. They did not believe the police would target me without just cause.
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Tracking discrimination
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Tracking discrimination
November 18, 2008
The collection of race-based statistics remains controversial, but there are signs that Ontario is increasingly ready to accept this approach to tracking discrimination.
A wide-ranging report on youth violence, released last week, listed “the collection of race-based data in all key domains” as one of its priority recommendations. In response, Premier Dalton McGuinty has indicated he is seriously considering the idea.
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Put working families, not financial sector, first
TheStar.com – Opinion – Put working families, not financial sector, first: Harper should use throne speech to signal willingness to make minority Parliament work
November 18, 2008. Jack Layton
These are uncertain times in Canada.
We know many Canadians are worried about their future, about their children’s future. They want their leaders to set aside their differences and make this minority government work.
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Ontario farm workers can unionize
TheStar.com – Ontario – Ontario farm workers can unionize
November 18, 2008. Tracey Tyler, Lesley Ciarula Taylor, Staff Reporters
Farm workers across the province are celebrating the fruits of a major legal victory after the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled they have the right to unionize.
In a 3-0 decision yesterday, the court said the Agricultural Employees Protection Act, which prevents farm workers from collective bargaining, “substantially” impairs their right to freedom of association under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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