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Job market more difficult than new Finance Minister may realise (Letter to Globe and Mail)
Letter submitted to Globe and Mail Dear editor, It appears Canada’s new Finance Minister, Bill Morneau, had a momentary lapse when he told your newspaper: “The reality is, [youth unemployment is] 13 per cent. That means 87 per cent are employed.” (Morneau may be suffering from millennial blindness) In fact, Statistics Canada reports that only …
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Housing for All
Balancing the phenomenon of gentrification Join us for National Housing Day 2015 at a FREE event about the importance of developing affordable housing to ensure that no one is left behind as Hamilton becomes increasingly desirable as a place to live, work and raise a family. Friday, November 20, 2015 8:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m. Waterfront Banquet Centre 555 …
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4 things the return of the census will tell us about Hamilton
The census is back. How will it help us better understand a changing city? By Tucker Wilson The controversial scrapping of the long-form census was reversed by the Liberal government Thursday, and that move is going to help shed some light on changes that have been happening in Hamilton. Bringing back mandatory surveys will give governments …
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The Poverty Project: 10 Years Later
Ten years ago, this city’s powerful and the poor sat down and agreed to tackle poverty together. The needle has twitched some, but it hasn’t really moved. But those committed to poverty reduction are in it for the long haul. And they insist the groundwork has been laid. The Spectator has launched a seven-part series …
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