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Poll shows 56 per cent of Canadians think immigrants burden social services

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

August 5, 2011
…it is a misconception that immigrants are costly, Jeffrey Reitz, an expert in immigration and pluralism at the University of Toronto, told Postmedia News. “Immigrants are actually helping us pay for these things, not the other way around,” he said, citing research showing immigrants tend to use social services less than Canadian-born citizens and actually make positive fiscal contributions to the country… the poll found that those Canadians with higher levels of education were more likely to believe the impact of immigration is positive — 62 per cent versus the 39 per cent national average.

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Spend on social infrastructure, not jets and prisons

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

March 15, 2011
If Canada’s economic recovery is really so “fragile” the federal government shouldn’t be spending billions of dollars on fighter jets, prisons and corporate tax cuts, [the CCPA] said this week as it released its alternative to the upcoming federal budget… the money going to corporate tax cuts could be better put into “social infrastructure,” such as national childcare and pharmacare plans… jobs can be created by infrastructure spending, as well as in the health and education sectors… [including] $1 billion to address First Nations housing and water-infrastructure needs.

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Report finds poverty myths rampant

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

March 1, 2011
… the Salvation Army says it’s “extremely difficult” for a family to live on less than $40,000 in an urban area. At the same time, the report shows 89 per cent of Canadians agree that people in poverty deserve a helping hand and 81 per cent say helping poor families sets up their children for success

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