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EI Coverage Falls Below 40%
It may be a grim Christmas for thousands of unemployed Canadians. Today’s Employment Insurance figures show that fewer workers received benefits in October, even as more became…
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Community tranformation from an economic costing perspective
The link between area of residence and places of employment in a disadvantaged community Download 858.04 KB In this study, we investigated the correlation between…
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Just who should be putting who under trusteeship?
I am the first to admit that, lamentably, I know very little about the problems that face First Nations people. That did not stop me…
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Sitting on the Sidelines: Young People Miss Out on the Recovery
As is well known, the youth unemployment rate remains high, and well above average. It stood at 14.1% in November or more than double the…
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The Innovation Gap and the Problem with Research Funding in Canada
While concerns about Canada’s innovation gap have become cliché, too often these observations ignore the elephant in the room: funding for Canadian Researchers is based…
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Europe’s Austerity Implosion
World leaders are doing their best to provoke a global economic downturn of epic proportions. Of course, it is politically hazardous for leaders to admit…
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Fast Facts: How NOT to plan a city
Two issues of concern have recently arisen at City Hall – the twenty-cent transit fare hike — just passed by council — and a new…
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State of the Inner City Report 2011
Neoliberalism: What a difference a theory makes Download 2.04 MB Attachments 2010 SIC long haul-web.pdf SIC_2009_report_120909.pdf SIC Report 2008.pdf State_of_the_Inner_City2007.pdf
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Inequality and Climate Injustice: A Durban Post-Mortem
The United Nations climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, ended 2011 with a whimper. After a year in which climate disasters rolled across the…
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Fast Facts: Connecting the Dots
The OECD Report on Poverty and Winnipeg’s Inner City There has been much progress in addressing the issues facing Winnipeg’s inner city in recent years,…
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Remarks to a Town Hall Meeting on the CETA
Last week I spoke along with Maude Barlow and Paul Moist at a well-attended public meeting in Charlottetown on the Canada – European Union Comprehensive…
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A Left-Wing Productivity Agenda
Statistics Canada released an interesting study today on the slowdown of productivity growth in Canadian manufacturing. Conservative economists tend to view productivity as a microeconomic issue, reflecting…
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