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[Ontario] Social Assistance Review Progress Report and feedback on first discussion paper - February 3
(
Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario)

Small fixes to Ontario’s welfare system not enough, says progress report
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/1125640
February 2, 2012
By Laurie Monsebraaten
Small fixes will not be enough to bring about the transformational change Ontario’s social assistance needs, says a progress report by the province’s social assistance review commission. More employment support for those on welfare, including those with disabilities; streamlined delivery and new benefits available to all low-income people outside the welfare system are some of the ideas the commission is exploring. “Across the province, people asked us to be bold in thinking about how to reform the social assistance system,” says the report being released Friday [Feb. 3) by commissioners Frances Lankin and Munir Sheikh. (...)
The commission, established in November 2010, is aimed at removing barriers and increasing opportunities for people to work. It is expected to release its recommendations in June. The progress is the result of 11 community meetings across the province with more than 2,000 participants, numerous informal meetings and 700 written submissions. Rather than a comprehensive report on options for reform, the update discusses different approaches and highlights areas for more discussion.
Source:
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/

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NOTA : Pour la version française du Document de discussion et des liens connexes ci-dessous, voir

http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/publications-de-la-commission
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New from the
Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario:

Message from the Commissioners
http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/a-message-from-the-commissioners
February 2012
With the release of Discussion Paper 2: Approaches for Reform we are entering the second phase of our engagement process. Our purpose with this paper is to seek your perspective on the different approaches to improving social assistance that we are considering based on what we heard and learned through our research. We hope you will take the time to send us your thoughts, which you can do through this website.
(...)
We have summarized the feedback we received [to the first discussion paper] in What We Heard: A Summary of Discussions on Social Assistance, also available on the Commission's website. We encourage you to read the summary as a companion to the second discussion paper.

The Commission's progress report:

Approaches for Reform
Discussion Paper 2

February 2012

PDF version (1.2MB, 77 pages)
http://goo.gl/RyvnX

Word version (445K, 77 pages)
http://goo.gl/iMydq

(...) This paper advances the dialogue with Ontarians that we began in our first discussion paper Issues and Ideas [ http://goo.gl/wa1qx - 478K, 50 pages] in June 2011, and continued over the summer and fall through community visits and other opportunities to engage with people and organizations with diverse perspectives on social assistance.
(...)
Our purpose in this paper is to discuss different approaches to improving some of the key areas of the social assistance system. This paper provides
opportunities for further discussion, as opposed to final recommendations. (...) We would like to receive your input by Friday, March 16, 2012.
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NOTE : See the References section of the report (p. 67) for links to eight related studies from various sources.
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Also just released by the Commission:

Feedback in response to the first discussion paper
The Commission has summarized the feedback received in response to the first (June 2011) discussion paper in What We Heard: A Summary of Discussions on Social Assistance. We encourage you to read the summary below as a companion to the second discussion paper.

What We Heard: A Summary of Discussions on Social Assistance
February 2012

PDF version (696K, 44 pages)
http://goo.gl/uwKUU

Word version (1.1MB, 44 pages)
http://goo.gl/p5XaZ

Source:
Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario
http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/

Commission d'examen du système d'aide sociale de l'Ontario
http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/accueil

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- Go to the Ontario Social Assistance Review Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/on_sa_review.htm

Research shows Old Age Security system keeps seniors out of poverty- February 1
(
Canadian Business Magazine)

Research shows Old Age Security system keeps seniors out of poverty
http://goo.gl/1kgho
February 1, 2012
By Heather Scoffield

OTTAWA - Research prepared for the federal government shows that the old-age benefits cited by Stephen Harper as perhaps unsustainable are a key factor keeping seniors out of poverty. The technical, 80-page paper shows that without Old Age Security or the Guaranteed Income Supplement, more than a third of women and more than a quarter of men in their 60s would fall below the poverty line. "The OAS programs have a significant influence on the incidence of low income," the report's author, Richard Shillington, wrote.
(...)
The paper, titled Evaluation of the Old Age Security Program*, was written by social policy researcher Shillington in 2009, on a contract with the Ottawa-based econometrics firm Informetrica Ltd. It was prepared for the Human Resources Department.
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* NOTE : I couldn't find this report online on Feb. 2 (2012)
Click the shortcut link below to see a Google Search Result page which will include the report if it's is eventually posted online.
http://goo.gl/BXyKP
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Source:
Canadian Business Magazine
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/

Related links:

Canadian Labour Congress
http://www.canadianlabour.ca/

Informetrica
http://www.informetrica.com/

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/

Related link:

No changes to Old Age Security benefits in upcoming budget, Flaherty says
http://goo.gl/4IQrV
February 1, 2012
OTTAWA - The upcoming federal budget will not include changes to the Old Age Security program for seniors but changes are coming, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Wednesday. The minister said in a CBC interview from Israel that nothing in the coming budget will affect Canadians receiving benefits this year.
Source:
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/

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- Go to the Pension Reforms Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/pensions.htm

Why raising OAS to 67 doesn't make sense - February 1
(Ellen Roseman in Moneyville.ca )

Why raising OAS to 67 doesn't make sense
http://www.moneyville.ca/article/1124518
By Ellen Roseman
February 1, 2012
Prime Minister Stephen Harper raised eyebrows with a speech last week that fueled speculation he plans to lift the eligibility for Old Age Security to 67 (from 65). Harper’s argument that deep cuts are required to keep the program afloat deserves closer attention, even though he’s been backpedalling ever since. I have two points to make:
— There is nothing new in the numbers he quotes about OAS costs rising as baby boomers retire.
— There are ways to reduce costs that won’t incense Opposition parties and organized seniors’ groups.

Comments (68):
http://www.moneyville.ca/article/1124518#comments

Source:
Moneyville (Toronto Star)
http://www.moneyville.ca/

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- Go to the Pension Reforms Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/pensions.htm

[Ontario] SPAR Monitor - Monitoring Toronto's Social Change - February 1
(City of Toronto)

From the
City of Toronto:

SPAR Monitor - Monitoring Toronto's Social Change
[SPAR = Social Policy Analysis & Research, City of Toronto]
This bi-weekly bulletin is a quick inventory of recent social research information. Its purpose is to promptly
disseminate the most current external and internal research relevant to social policy.

SPARmonitor : February 1, 2012 (PDF - 164K, 6 pages)
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/SPAR_Research_Bulletin_73.pdf
Table of contents of this issue:
(Click the link above to access all content below)
* Global MetroMonitor Volatility, Growth, and Recovery
* Canadian Trends in Cancer Prevalence
* Quality of Personal Networks: Does Living Alone Make a Difference?
* Personal Networks and the Economic Adjustment of Immigrants
* Recent Evolution of Immigrant-Language Transmission in Canada
* The Eight Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
* Housing Subsidies and Homelessness: A Simple Idea
* Quantity and Quality of Jobs Falling in Tandem
* Emerging Stronger: Transformative Agenda for Ontario
* Focus Canada 2011 - Highlights Report on Crime and Justice
* Ontario’s Action Plan for Health Care
Source:
SPARmonitor - Monitoring Toronto's Social Change
- includes links to bulletins from January to March 2011 (more to come) and to all 33 issues of SPARmonitor for 2010.
[ Social Development, Finance & Administration ]
[ City of Toronto ]

Related links:

Social Policy, Analysis and
Research Information Resources:

* Wellbeing Toronto:
www.toronto.ca/wellbeing

* Neighbourhood Profiles:
http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/neighbourhoods.htm

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- Go to the Ontario Municipal and Non-Governmental Sites (A-C) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/onbkmrk2.htm

British Columbia MLA Welfare Challenge Update and Fact Sheet - January 2012
(Raise the Rates)

[British Columbia]

From Raise the Rates:

British Columbia MLA Welfare Challenge Update
http://mlaonwelfare.com/
Tuesday, February 1, after a last night ‘couch surfing’ in Surrey, BC MLA Jagrup Brar ended his month of living on the welfare rate of $610. He lost 26 pounds in weight, ended up $7 in debt and had to sell his backpack to have enough money to take the Skytrain back to his home in Surrey.

Jagrup’s latest blog posts
http://mlaonwelfare.com/jagrups-blog-2/

Jean Swanson of Raise the Rates interviews Jagrup Brar (PDF - 52K, 4 pages)
http://mlaonwelfare.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/interview.pdf

British ColumbiaWelfare Fact Sheet (140K, 12 pages)
http://mlaonwelfare.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/welfarefactsheet1.pdf
PDF file date: January 16, 2012
At the end of May 2011 Raise the Rates launched the ‘MLA Welfare Challenge’. This challenged one or more of BC's MLAs to live on welfare for a month to gain real life experience of living on welfare. For the month of January, 2012, Jagrup Brar (MLA Surrey Fleetwood) will live on the single person’s welfare rate of $610 for everything. Raise the Rates’ experience is that people cannot live a healthy life on welfare. A key part of any poverty reduction strategy, a policy aim that all BC MLAs say they support, is raising welfare. This fact sheet provides information on the position of people on welfare in BC in November 2011.
- twelve pages of BC welfare information including :
* Who Gets Welfare ("In November 2011 a total of 178,128 people in BC live on welfare")
* Recession Hits (impacts of the 2008-2009 recession)
* Welfare Rates and Poverty (average wages, poverty lines and welfare incomes)
* The Maze and Obstacle Course of Welfare (Who can qualify? - Barriers to Welfare and Getting Back to Work)
* Welfare and Housing
* Support Payments and Other Necessities
* Single Parent Families cannot afford to Live or raise Healthy Children
* Welfare Doesn’t cover cost of Living and Housing
* Cost of Food and Living
* Punishing Children (Welfare lone parents not allowed child support from former partners
* Historic Welfare rates since 1980 (BC's welfare rate for a single person in 2012 is $610 monthly; if this amount were adjusted for inflation, the same person would receive $930 monthly)

Five Myths About Welfare
http://mlaonwelfare.com/5-myths-about-welfare/
1. It is easy to get on welfare
2. Life on welfare is easy
3. People on welfare don’t want to work
4. Lots of people are defrauding the system
5. It costs too much to fix poverty

Related links from
Raise the Rates:

Inequality Facts
http://raisetherates.org/inequality.html
Last updated on December 6, 2008, also contains Canadian and BC Tax Facts.

Raise the Rates
Raise the Rates is a coalition of community groups and organisations concerned with the level of poverty and homelessness in British Columbia.
MLA Welfare Challenge was a project of Raise the Rates.

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- Go to the Non-Governmental Sites in British Columbia (D-W) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk3.htm

B.C. poverty reduction plan could reduce costs, advocates argue - January 30
(The Straight.com)

B.C. poverty reduction plan could reduce costs, advocates argue
http://goo.gl/NA6ZL
January 30, 2012
By Yolande Cole
As Surrey-Fleetwood MLA Jagrup Brar completes his 31 days of living on the monthly welfare rate of $610 [ http://goo.gl/2CVpb ], advocates are calling for a plan that they argue would cost less than half of what is currently spent on poverty. “Poverty’s costing our province between $8 and $9 billion a year— that’s a conservative estimate,” said Seth Klein, B.C. director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), at a press conference in the Downtown Eastside today (January 30). “The cost of actually fully implementing a bold, comprehensive poverty reduction plan is less than half of that.” (...) According to the CCPA’s calculation, annual costs of poverty in B.C. include $1.2 billion in health care, $745 million in crime costs, and an estimated $6.2 billion in lost productivity.
Source:
The Straight.com - Vancouver's Online Source
http://www.straight.com/

Related links:

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)

* British Columbia Office:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/offices/bc
The CCPA BC Office works with a team of over 60 staff and volunteer researchers to investigate major problems in our province—the high rate of poverty, the extreme concentration of wealth, the serious environmental challenges. But we don’t stop there: we propose real, workable solutions to these problems. Our goal: social, economic and environmental justice.

[ In December 2008, the CCPA-BC Office published a comprehensive poverty reduction plan. Read the news release, watch a slideshow or download the study at www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2008/12/poverty_reduction ]

* National Office:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social, economic and environmental justice. Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada’s leading progressive voices in public policy debates.

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BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
http://bcpovertyreduction.ca
We are a coalition that includes community and non-profit groups, faith groups, health organizations, First Nations and Aboriginal organizations, businesses, labour organizations, and social policy groups. We have come together around a campaign aimed at seeing the introduction of a bold and comprehensive poverty reduction plan from the government of British Columbia that would include legislated targets and timelines to significantly reduce poverty and homelessness. We have 25 Coalition Members and over 350 supporting organizations with a collective membership of over 300,000 that have joined the call for a poverty reduction plan.

Provincial Poverty Reduction Plans
http://bcpovertyreduction.ca/learn-more/poverty-reduction-plans/
Recommended reading!
---- includes information and many links to related documents for all provinces and territories with a poverty reduction plan
---- breakdown of poverty plans across Canada, and highlights the fact that BC is one of the last provinces without one and BC still has the highest rate of poverty in Canada.

Reports and studies about poverty in BC (from various sources)
http://bcpovertyreduction.ca/learn-more/resources/
- links to key reports about the effects of poverty in BC

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- Go to the Provincial and Territorial Anti-poverty Strategies and Campaigns page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm

B.C. welfare payments are adequate, says the Fraser Institute - January 26
(Vancouver Sun)

B.C. welfare payments are adequate
For the most part, they line up with basic needs; where they don't, for employable singles, there is a reason

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/welfare+payments+adequate/6054331/story.html
January 26, 2012
By Niels Veldhuis, Amela Karabegovic, and Milagros Palacios
The authors are economists with the Fraser Institute - http://www.fraserinstitute.org/ ].

Source:
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/

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Rebuttal by the
BC Association of Social workers
(small PDF file, 1 page)
http://goo.gl/Pkh7H
Dear Editor,
The position taken by the Fraser Institute in the January 26 Vancouver Sun article (B.C. Welfare payments are adequate) does not reflect the realities of today’s world.
BC social assistance rates do not meet a “basic needs level”. As social workers, we encounter individuals who cannot meet their basic needs, particularly shelter needs. (...) Our society can do better than to condemn unemployed individuals to a life on the street or in sub-standard housing.
Source:
BC Association of Social workers
http://www.bcasw.org/

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Gilles' two cents' worth:

I loved The Nova Scotia Finance Minister's candid assessment, last September, of the work of the Fraser Institute.
http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/blog/post/967950
And I concur.

However, just as the broken old mantle clock in our living room is correct twice a day, the folks at the Fraser were bang on when they suggest in their Sun article that the B.C. government "should allow those on welfare to work and keep a certain amount of what they earn without a reduction in their welfare benefits."
Hear, hear!

To that I would add:
SHAME ON YOU, BC GOVERNMENT --- yours is the only jurisdiction in Canada that claws back 100% of any earnings declared by a welfare recipient.

See how earnings exemption policies in other provinces and
territories provide incentives for welfare clients to reintegrate into the labour force:
http://goo.gl/5x4ng

This link takes you to "Welfare and earnings", chapter 7 of Welfare Incomes 2009, from the National Council of Welfare.

So There's Income Inequality. Now What? - January 31
(Rob Rainer in Huffington Post Canada)

So There's Income Inequality. Now What?
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/rob-rainer/income-inequality_b_1242439.html
By Rob Rainer
January 31, 2012

Spiked by public attention to the Occupy phenomenon, 2011 was the year in which the issue of income and wealth inequality mainstreamed in Canada. Witness: Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney called the Occupy demonstrations "entirely constructive." Jeffrey Simpson, perhaps the land's top newspaper columnist, wrote about inequality. The Conference Board of Canada released a significant report.
On January 6, Jeffrey Simpson wrote further to say that, "it's imperative that political actors put the issue front and centre on the national agenda." The NDP leadership race, at least, is embracing the challenge, for example Brian Topp's plan for federal tax reform.
So let's herald a little good news: Inequality is on the public and political radar.
Source:
Huffington Post Canada

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/

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- Go to the Inequality Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/inequality.htm

Can microcredit work in Canada? - January 30
(Globe and Mail )

Can microcredit work in Canada?
http://goo.gl/KeaFH
January 30, 2012
By Craig and Marc Kielburger
In December, Craig and Mark travelled in Africa with Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group and avid philanthropist. They visited microcredit programs that provide small loans to people in poor communities to start businesses and become financially self-sufficient. During that journey, Branson pondered aloud whether such a model could apply to the developed world and achieve scale through commercial banking. (...)
Microcredit is a simple but powerful concept: Lend small amounts to people who wouldn’t have the collateral for a regular bank loan to start a self-run business. Because the loans typically go to groups of people who vouch for and support each other, repayment rates are as high as 99 per cent. (...) Microcredit isn’t a cure-all, but its spirit of supporting entrepreneurship could be helpful for tackling some of the challenges of poverty in this country.

Craig and Marc Kielburger co-founded Free the Children:
http://www.freethechildren.com/

Source:
Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/

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- Go to the Asset-Based Social Policies Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/assets.htm

Crown - First Nations Gathering Outcome Statements - January 24
(Prime Minister's Office and Assembly of First Nations National Chief)

Crown - First Nations Gathering Outcome Statement
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=4600
24 January 2012
Ottawa, Ontario
Today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo participated in an historic Crown – First Nations Gathering. The theme of the gathering was Strengthening Our Relationship – Unlocking Our Potential.
Source:
Prime Minister's Office
http://pm.gc.ca/

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A Communiqué from National Chief Shawn Atleo (PDF - 52K, 5 pages)
http://www.afn.ca/uploads/files/nc-bulletin-cfng.pdf
January 2012
(...) The Crown-First Nations Gathering is an important first step in renewing the relationship between
First Nations and our historic partner, the Crown, but it is only a first step.
Source:
Assembly of First Nations

http://www.afn.ca/

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- Go to the First Nations Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/1stbkmrk.htm

The Manitoba Mincome Experiment - November 2007
(M. L'Heureux in Legal Checkpoint Blog)

The Manitoba Mincome Experiment
http://legalcheckpoint.blogspot.com/2007/11/social-policy-manitoba-mincome.html
November 15, 2007
By M. L'Heureux

The Mincome Project, also called the Manitoba Basic Guaranteed Annual Income Experiment, was the “first large scale social experiment in Canada and was designed to evaluate the economic and social consequences of an alternative social welfare system based on the concept of negative income tax (NIT)”. The experiment took place between 1975 and 1979 in Winnipeg and Dauphin, Manitoba. The research project was jointly funded by the Federal Government of Canada and the Manitoba Government. Little is known about the experiment as the federal government chose to shelve the report for reasons still unknown to the public. The raw data that was accumulated during the experiment is still relevant to today’s Guaranteed Income debates and is available in some academic libraries and in all provincial legislatures.
Source:
Legal Checkpoint Blog

http://legalcheckpoint.blogspot.com/

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- Go to the Guaranteed Annual Income Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/gai.htm

UNdata (United Nations)

UNdata
http://data.un.org
UNdata is a statistics database service that provides users with quick and easy access to a wide range of data that cover themes including agriculture, crime, education, energy, industry, labour, national accounts, population and tourism. UNdata is part of the “Statistics as a Public Good” project launched by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) that aims to provide free access to global statistics, assist National Statistical Offices of member countries with strengthening their data dissemination capabilities, and educate users on the importance of statistics in evidence-based policy and decision making.

Source:
United Nations
http://www.un.org

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- Go to the Social Statistics Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/stats.htm

[Brain Drain] Evidence from the 2000 Cohort of Canadian University Graduates - 2008
(Canadian Public Policy Journal)

Evidence from the 2000 Cohort of Canadian University Graduates (PDF - 168K, 15 pages)
http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/l50l077g033u7012/fulltext.pdf
By David Zarifa and David Walters
2008
Abstract:
Existing studies on Canada’s brain drain have established the importance of income gains as a critical factor that motivates individuals to move to the United States. It remains unclear, however, how sizable the earnings gap may be for recent post-secondary graduates and whether or not this gap varies by the field of study of the most common drainers. Drawing on the most recent National Graduates Survey (NGS), this study compares the early labour market earnings of the 2000 cohort of university graduates who remained in Canada to their counterparts who obtained employment in the United States. Our results indicate that only a small proportion of this cohort migrated south of the border, yet the great majority of these migrants are heavily concentrated in only a few knowledge-economy fields. Annual earnings are significantly higher for all individuals who relocated to the United States. Moreover, these differences are most salient among undergraduate engineers and computer scientists.

[David Zarifa is with the Department of Sociology, McMaster University. David Walters is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Guelph. ]

Source:
Canadian Public Policy
http://economics.ca/cpp/en/
Canadian Public Policy is Canada's foremost journal examining economic and social policy. The aim of the journal is to stimulate research and discussion of public policy problems in Canada.

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- Go to the Brain Drain Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/hightax.htm

Harper hints Canadian pension reform at the World Economic Forum - January 27
(CBC News)

Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada at the World Economic Forum
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=4604
26 January 2012
Davos, Switzerland

(...)We have already taken steps to limit the growth of our health care spending over that period ["over the next generation"]. We must do the same for our retirement income system. Fortunately, the centerpiece of that system, the Canada Pension Plan, is fully funded, actuarially sound and does not need to be changed. For those elements of the system that are not funded [i.e., Old Age Security], we will make the changes necessary to ensure sustainability for the next generation while not affecting current recipients.
Source:
Prime Minister of Canada
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/index.asp

NOTE : You'll find links to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 lower down on the page you're now reading.

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From the
Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/

Stephen Harper vows big changes to retirement benefits and immigration policy
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1122179
January 26, 2012
By Bruce Campion-Smith
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper is vowing “major transformations” — including changes to Canada’s immigration system and retirement benefits — to ensure the future prosperity of the country. Feeling the demographic pressures of an aging population, Harper told an international economic forum that big changes loom to safeguard Canada’s wealth.

[ Comments (86)
http://goo.gl/uhAXp ]

Source:
Toronto Star:
http://www.thestar.com/

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From CBC News:

Harper signals pension system 'changes' loom
PM outlines changes in speech at economic forum in Davos

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/01/27/pensions-harper.html
January 27, 2012
Ottawa will transform the country's pension system to curtail government costs, but details won't come until the budget, said Prime Minister Stephen Harper. In a major speech to global movers and shakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, Harper also signalled looming reforms in immigration as well as research and development — all in the name of ensuring Canada's economy is on a strong footing.

[ 344 Comments:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/01/27/pensions-harper.html#socialcomments ]

Related CBC
News
Links:

P.O.V. | Would pension changes affect your retirement?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/01/would-pension-changes-affect-your-retirement.html

Harper tells Davos that hard choices needed now
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/26/davos-harper-thurs.html

Special report : RRSPs
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/features/taxseason/

Retirement: Canadians get poor grades for savings
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/taxseason/story/2011/12/20/f-rrsp-savings-rate-graph.html

MPs urged to give up 'platinum-plated' pensions
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/18/pol-mp-pensions.html

Pooled pension plans become the latest retirement planning option
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/taxseason/story/2011/11/17/f-prpp-details.html

Harper hints pension reform (video, duration 3:15)
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/ID=2190720298

Source:
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news

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Commentary by Andrew Jackson
of the Canadian Labour Congress:

Hiking the Retirement Age is the Wrong Answer to the Retirement Crisis
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2012/01/27/hiking-the-retirement-age-is-the-wrong-answer-to-the-retirement-crisis/
January 27, 2012
Raising the age of eligibility for Old Age Security/Guaranteed Income Supplement (OAS/GIS) benefits is the worst possible way to deal with the retirement income security crisis facing Canadians. Experts such as former Assistant Chief Statistician Michael Wolfson project that one half of all middle income baby boomers face a severe cut to their living standards in old age. This is due to falling employer pension coverage (down to 25% in the private sector), rising household debt combined with low savings, and the big hit to “fend for yourself” RRSPs which comes from high fees and low investment returns.
Source:
Progressive Economics Forum Blog
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/relentless/

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- Go to the Pension Reforms Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/pensions.htm

Economic Inequality.ca Bulletin No. 1 - January 27

Economic Inequality.ca Bulletin No. 1
http://goo.gl/nS4CF
January 27, 2012
This Bulletin is published by the group that has created the web site Economic Inequality.ca, and has initiated a series of public meetings about what we can do about economic inequality in Canada. The Bulletin is published every few weeks to convey useful information about how we can change economic inequality.
More than 325 people attended this group's first public forum on the subject of economic inequality on January 24 at Trinity St. Paul’s Centre in Toronto.
In this Bulletin, you'll find information about the two speakers, a summary of their presentations and the audience discussion that followed and some general thoughts on the meeting.
Source:
Economic Inequality
http://www.economicinequality.ca/

Economic inequality is a big subject, and a lot of energy from a lot of people is needed to create more equality. Our organization is creating opportunities for public discussion of the kinds of policies we need and the kinds of actions (by us and by others) that are required.

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- Go to the Inequality Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/inequality.htm

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives : National Update - January 27

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives : National Update
January 27

Recent releases from the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:

* A recent CCPA study explores the distressing impact of federal cutbacks:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/cuts-behind-curtain

* Our new study on Canada's economic recovery finds that—despite claims to the contrary—things aren't so rosy:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/canada%E2%80%99s-incomplete-mediocre-recovery

* Our latest infographic depicts disturbing trends in income inequality:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/infographic-99-vs-1

* A round-up of the latest (and numerous!) blog posts:
http://www.behindthenumbers.ca/
--- More Than 1.4 Million Unemployed, by Erin Weir
--- When Will the Baby Boomers Retire?, by Andrew Jackson
--- It’s up to the Senate to stop the Crime Bill, by Paula Mallea
--- The “Other” Side of the Story, by Karen Foster
--- The Harper House Rules: An Intervention, by Erika Shaker
--- Deregulation: A Bad Idea Crosses the Atlantic, by Erin Weir
--- Are There Labour And Skills Shortages In Canada? by Andrew Jackson
--- The Cuts Behind the Curtain, by David Macdonald
--- The Race To The Trough: What Did Corporate Tax Cuts Deliver?, by Andrew Jackson

On her blog dedicated to progressive issue framing, Framed in Canada [ http://framedincanada.com/ ], CCPA's Trish Hennessy recently posted a great piece on economic austerity entitled The Mysterious Case of Austerity Amnesia:
http://framedincanada.com/2012/01/24/the-mysterious-case-of-austerity-amnesia/

Source:
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/
The CCPA is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice.

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- Go to the Social Research Organizations (I) in Canada page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/research.htm

Canada Child Benefits, July 2011 to June 2012
(Canada Revenue Agency)

From the
Canada Revenue Agency:

Canada Child Tax Benefit Guideline Table, July 2011 to June 2012
The Government of Canada’s Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) system comprises the CCTB Base Benefit and the NCB (National Child Benefit) Supplement. The CCTB targets low-and middle-income families with children, and the NCB Supplement provides low-income families with child benefits in addition to the CCTB base benefit. Links to the tables for the latest benefit year appear below, followed by links to related information.

READ ME FIRST:
If you're not familiar with the Canada Child Tax Benefit, I'd recommend starting with the link immediately below to a Canada Revenue Agency pamphlet written in plain language (YAYYYY!) with links to information about each of the federal and provincial child benefit programs.

Pamphlet : Canada Child Benefits, July 2011 to June 2012
- includes related federal, provincial, and territorial programs
HTML version
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4114/t4114-e.html
PDF version (316K, 29 pages)
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4114/t4114-11e.pdf

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CCTB/NCBS Guideline Table effective July 2011 - June 2012 (based on the 2010 tax year)
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/cctb/cctb_pymnt10-eng.html
These amounts are for the Federal Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) program (basic benefit plus National Child Benefit Supplement) exclusive of any amount to which a recipient may be eligible under any existing provincial or territorial benefit or credit program. This table shows the combined amount of CCTB and NCBS payable from July 2011 to June 2012 to a household with one, two, three, four and five children with family income ranging from $24,183 to over $220,000.

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Monthly NCBS only entitlement effective July 2011 - June 2012 (based on the 2010 tax year)
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/ncbs10-eng.html
These amounts are for the National Child Benefit Supplement
only.

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CCTB/NCBS guideline tables for earlier years
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/cctb/gd_tbls-eng.html
- back to the benefit year starting in July 2005
[NOTE : Curiously, there's no link to similar guideline tables for NCBS-only entitlements for past years.
Click the next link below for detailed payment information. Gilles]

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Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) payment amounts, tax years 2001 to 2010
* Tax Years 2001 to 2005

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/cctb/cctb_pymnts_prv-eng.html
* Tax Years 2006 to 2010
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/cctb/cctb_pymnts-eng.html
- incl. basic benefit - supplement for 3rd and following child(ren) - supplement for children under age seven - base threshold - benefit reduction rates, one child - benefit reduction rates, two or more children - NCBS amount for first child - NCBS amount for second child - NCBS amount for each additional child - NCBS threshold - NCBS phase-out rate, one child - NCBS phase-out rate, two children - NCBS phase-out rate, three or more children - Child Disability Amount (CDB) - CDB base threshold, one child - CDB phase-out rate, one child - CDB phase-out rate, two children - CDB phase-out rate, three or more children

Source:
Canada Child Tax Benefit
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/cctb/menu-eng.html

Child and Family Benefits
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/menu-eng.html
- includes links to : * Canada Child Tax Benefit * Universal Child Care Benefit * GST/HST credit * Working Income Tax Benefit * Provincial and territorial programs ]

Provincial and territorial child benefit and credit programs
that are related to the Canada Child Tax Benefit:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/rltd_prgrms/menu-eng.html
* Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit * BC Family Bonus + BC Earned Income Benefit) * New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit * Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit + Mother Baby Nutrition Supplement * Nova Scotia Child Benefit * Northwest Territories Child Benefit * Nunavut Child Benefit * Ontario Child Benefit * Saskatchewan Low-Income Tax Credit * Yukon Child Benefit
[ NOTE: residents of Québec must apply to the
Régie des rentes for the child assistance payment:
http://www.rrq.gouv.qc.ca/en/enfants/ ]

Source:
Canada Revenue Agency

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu-e.html

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Related links from
the National Child Benefit website:

More information about the
National Child Benefit Supplement
http://www.nationalchildbenefit.ca/eng/07/page04.shtml
Source:
2007 National Child Benefit Progress Report
http://www.nationalchildbenefit.ca/eng/07/page00.shtml

[ National Child Benefit website:
http://www.nationalchildbenefit.ca/eng/home.shtml ]

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- Go to the Children, Families and Youth Links (Government) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnbkmrk.htm

Social Security Statistics, Canada and Provinces, 1978-79 to 2002-2003 (links updated) - January 27

January 27, 2012
Social Security Statistics, Canada and Provinces, 1978-79 to 2002-2003
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/welfare.htm#sss
This link will take you to a section of the Key Welfare Links page of this site where you'll find a collection of links to 25 years' worth of historical statistics on a wide range of social programs. Parts of the Human Resources and Skills Development (HRSDC) website were updated late in 2011, which led to the disappearance of some important content, notably this report containing this valuable collection of Canadian social security statistics. I've updated all of the links to selected important tables; the new online source for this report is the Government of Canada Web Archive.

[Smarten up, HRSDC - social researchers of every stripe need this information.
Can't you just create an archive for "older" content?]

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- Go to the Social Statistics Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/stats.htm

- Go to the Key Provincial/Territorial Welfare Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/welfare.htm

2011 Canadian Housing Observer - January 24
( Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)

January 24, 2012

New from
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation:

CMHC 2011 Canadian Housing Observer

HTML version:
http://www.cmhc.ca/en/corp/about/cahoob/cahoob_001.cfm
PDF version (8.7MB, 184 pages)
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/pdf/67508.pdf?fr=1327596686971

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Français:
L'Observateur du logement au Canada 2011 de la SCH ]
Version HTML
http://www.cmhc.ca/fr/inso/info/obloca/obloca_001.cfm ]
Version PDF (9.4MB, 200 pages)
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/pdf/67509.pdf?fr=1327597155983

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The Observer is CMHC's annual flagship publication that provides comprehensive insight into Canada's housing market and is a key resource for Canada's housing experts, including housing finance and real estate professionals, policy makers, researchers, educators and builders. This year's feature article is on Housing Finance.

Table of contents:
· Overview
· Canadian Housing at a Glance — Dashboard
· Housing Finance
· Household Indebtedness
· Housing Markets
· Demographic and Socio-economic Influences on Housing Demand
· Recent Trends in Housing Affordability and Core Housing Need
· Sustainable, Housing and Communities
· Seniors' Housing
· The Evolution of Social Housing

The analysis contained in the Observer is complemented by a broad range of online detailed data tables that provide information on all of Canada's major housing markets, analytic reports, and CMHC's Housing in Canada Online (HiCO) tool.

· Data tables
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/about/cahoob/data/index.cfm

· Housing in Canada Online
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/about/cahoob/cahoob_002.cfm

· Housing market information
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/hoficlincl/homain/index.cfm

Previous issues (2003 to 2010)
https://www03.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/catalog/productList.cfm?cat=122&lang=en&fr=1327599387500

Source:
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/

Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/fr/index.cfm

Manitoba Department responsible for welfare --- name change [Correction]

In the most recent Canadian Social Research Newsletter (Jan.22, 2012)
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/personal/news220112.htm
... I passed along the new name of Department responsible for welfare in Alberta, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.
I incorrectly identified the Manitoba Department responsible for welfare as
Family Services and Labour [ http://www.gov.mb.ca/fs/ ].
I meant Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade (ET&T)
January 24 (2012
Update:
A Manitoba Government official notified me to correct an error in the name of their welfare department. In the Manitoba government departmental reshuffling, welfare (income assistance) was moved out of the Department of Family Services and Labour (formerly Family Services and Consumer Affairs) to the Department of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade (ET&T):
http://www.gov.mb.ca/ctt/index.html
...but as at January 24, the Manitoba ET&T website had zero content on income assistance, welfare or Employment and Income Assistance (the provincial welfare program). The Manitoba Cabinet was announced just recently, though, so the Web updating team is still in the process of changing the Manitoba govt. websites to reflect the new ministrial responsibilities and the new mandates in existing departments.
The Bottom line:
Manitoba govt. websites are being updated to reflect new govt. mandates; this may take a few more weeks...
The Dept responsible for welfare in Manitoba is Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade.

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- Go to the Provincial/Territorial Welfare Departments page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/welfdepts.htm

- Go to the Key Provincial/Territorial Welfare Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/welfare.htm

The Employment Insurance Program in Canada: How it Works - October 2010
(Library of Parliament Research Publications)

The Employment Insurance Program in Canada: How it Works
By André Léonard
18 October 2010
HTML version
http://parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/2010-52-e.htm

PDF version (254 Kb, 23 pages)
http://parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/2010-52-e.pdf

Contents:

1 Introduction
2 Unemployment and Employment Benefits
2.1 Insurable Employment, Insurable Earnings and Benefit Rates
2.1.1 Insurable Employment
2.1.2 Maximum Yearly Insurable Earnings
2.1.3 Benefit Rates
2.2 Regular Benefits
2.2.1 Qualifying Conditions
2.2.1.1 Persons Who Are New Entrants or Re-entrants to the Labour Force
2.2.1.2 All Other Persons
2.2.1.3 Penalties for Violations
2.2.2 Benefit Period
2.2.3 Deductions
2.2.4 Statistics on Regular Benefits

2.3 Special Benefits
2.3.1 Maternity Benefits
2.3.2 Parental Benefits
2.3.3 Sickness Benefits
2.3.4 Compassionate Care Benefits
2.3.5 Statistics on Special Benefits
2.4 Fishing Benefits
2.5 Work-sharing
2.6 More Details on Unemployment Benefits
2.6.1 Combined Benefits
2.6.2 Provisions for Teachers
2.6.3 Pilot Projects
2.6.4 Appealing Employment Insurance Decisions
2.7 Employment Benefits
3 Employment Insurance Program Financing
3.1 Premiums
3.2 Setting the Premium Rate

Source:
Parliamentary Information and Research Service:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Library/VirtualLibrary/ResearchPublications-E.asp

[ Library of Parliament Research Publications:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Library/VirtualLibrary/ResearchPublicationsCurrent-e.asp ]

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- Go to the Employment Insurance Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ei.htm

From Mothers' Allowance to Mothers Need Not Apply: Canadian Welfare Laws as Liberal and Neo-Liberal Reforms - April 2008
(Osgoode Law Journal)

From Mothers' Allowance to Mothers Need Not Apply:
Canadian Welfare Laws as Liberal and Neo-Liberal Reforms
(PDF - 240K, 39 pages)
http://ohlj.ca/english/documents/02GaviganChunnafterSS.pdf
April 2008
By Shelley Gavigan and Dorothy Chunn
In this paper we examine changes in the form and content of Canadian welfare law through a historical, feminist lens using the exemplar of mother-headed families. Our analysis of how the state dealt with sole support mothers in several provinces throughout the twentieth century reveals important continuities, as well as discontinuities, between the past and the present that have shaped and reshaped the lives and experiences of poor women and their children.
Source:
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
(Vol. 45 No. 4)
http://www.ohlj.ca/

Journal Current Issue + Archives
http://www.ohlj.ca/english/current.htm <====links to dozens of articles of interest!

- Go to the History of Welfare in Canada : selected readings page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/welfare_history.htm

What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
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Statscan to abandon no-layoff policy as budget cuts loom - January 30
--- Study: Criminal victimization in the territories, 2009 - January 26
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Study: Firm entry and exit in Canada, 2000 to 2008 - January 25
--- Job vacancies, three-month average ending in September 2011
- January 24
--- Profile of seniors’ transportation habits
- January 23

Statscan to abandon no-layoff policy as budget cuts loom
http://goo.gl/zh4OH
By Tavia Grant
January 30, 2012
Statistics Canada is abandoning its long-standing no-layoff practice as the agency faces budget cuts, though its chief statistician says reductions will not erode the quality of its data.
In a memo to senior managers, the Ottawa-based agency effectively abandons its no-layoff approach, which had been in place since the 1980s. Statscan, which employs nearly 5,000 full-time workers, has been asked, along with other federal departments, to submit proposals for a potential budget cut of up to 10 per cent.

Comments (196)
http://goo.gl/wYUJo

Source:
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/

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What's new from The Daily:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dai-quo/index-eng.htm
[Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html ]

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January 26, 2012
Payroll employment, earnings and hours, November 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120126/dq120126a-eng.htm
In November, average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $883.96, virtually unchanged from the previous month. On a year-over-year basis, earnings rose 2.2%.
- includes two tables:
* Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees
* Number of employees

Monthly report:

Employment, Earnings and Hours, November 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/72-002-x/72-002-x2011011-eng.htm
* Highlights
* Note to users
* Tables
* Data quality, concepts and methodology
* User information
* Related products
* PDF version

Source:
Employment, Earnings and Hours - main product page*
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=72-002-X&lang=eng
This publication presents a timely picture of employment, earnings and hours.
The tabulations focus on monthly labour market information and some historical data series.
NOTE: Online data on payroll employment, earnings and hours for the current month is usually posted to the site a month behind this report.
Click "View" to see the latest issue of this report online; click "Chronological index" for earlier issues.

Related subjects:

* Labour
http://goo.gl/FsMeZ

* Employment and unemployment
http://goo.gl/mMHwY

* Hours of work and work arrangements
http://goo.gl/DGFGo

* Industries

* Wages, salaries and other earnings
http://goo.gl/EK2Qr

 

January 26, 2012
Study: Criminal victimization in the territories, 2009

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120126/dq120126b-eng.htm
In 2009, 34% of residents of the three territories aged 15 and over reported to the General Social Survey (GSS) on Victimization that they had been the victim of at least one criminal incident in the 12 months preceding the survey. Nearly half (46%) of the 38,000 self-reported incidents in the territories were violent, with assault being the most common crime reported. The remainder of reported incidents were crimes against the household (35%) or thefts of personal property (19%). In contrast, the vast majority (70%) of self-reported criminal incidents in the provinces were non-violent.

Related article:

Criminal victimization in the territories, 2009
By Samuel Perreault and Tina Hotton Mahony
Release date: January 26, 2012
HTML version
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11614-eng.htm
PDF version (820K, 39 pages)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11614-eng.pdf

Source:
Juristat - product main page*
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=85-002-X&lang=eng
This periodical is intended for those with an interest in Canada's justice system as well as those who plan, establish, administer and evaluate justice programs and projects. It provides analysis and detailed statistics on a variety of justice-related topics and issues. Five issues of Juristat are produced each year. Each issue contains several articles on variety of topics, including crime, homicide, the court system, and correctional services.
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* On the product main page, click "View" to see the latest
issue of this report online; click "Chronological index" for earlier issues.

Related subjects:

* Crime and justice
http://goo.gl/0apmd

* Victims and victimization
http://goo.gl/o1YVe

* Society and community
http://goo.gl/eP65E

 

January 25, 2012
Study: Firm entry and exit in Canada, 2000 to 2008
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120125/dq120125a-eng.htm
Firm entry and exit are important aspects of business dynamics. In every year from 2000 to 2008, roughly 1 firm in 10 had either just entered the Canadian business sector or was about to exit. This turnover emphasizes an important path to business innovation and productivity growth. To survive and replace incumbents, new firms aggressively adopt new ideas. This creates pressure on incumbents to innovate or exit the market. From 2000 to 2008, an average of 10.8% of firms entered the business sector each year, while 9.0% exited. The size distributions of entrants and exiters, as well as entry and exit rates by size, suggest that turnover predominantly involves small firms.

Source:
Failure Rates for New Canadian Firms: New Perspectives on Entry and Exit
*
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=61-526-XIE&lang=eng
* On the product main page, click "View" to see the latest
issue of this report online; click "Chronological index" for earlier issues.

See also:

Firm Dynamics: Firm Entry and Exit in Canada, 2000 to 2008*
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=11-622-M2012022&lang=eng
* On the product main page, click "View" to see the latest
issue of this report online; click "Chronological index" for earlier issues.

Related blog post:

Canadian startups cashing chips way too early?
By Christine Wong
http://blogs.itbusiness.ca/2012/01/canadian-startups-cashing-chips-way-too-early/
Source:
ITBusiness.ca
http://blogs.itbusiness.ca/

 

January 24, 2012
Job vacancies, three-month average ending in September 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120124/dq120124b-eng.htm
Canadian businesses had, on average, 248,000 job vacancies in the three month period ending in September 2011. For all sectors combined, the ratio of unemployment to job vacancies was 3.3. In other words, there were 3.3 unemployed people in Canada for every job vacancy.
- includes links to four tables:
* Table 1 : Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by sector
* Table 2 : Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by province and territory
* Table 3 : Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by sector
* Table 4 : Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by province and territory

Related link from the CBC:

Canada's toughest job market is P.E.I.
Saskatchewan has lowest per-job vacancy

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2012/01/27/pei-unemployed-job-ratio-584.html
January 27, 2012
P.E.I. has the toughest job market in the country, with more than nine people looking for work for every job vacancy, almost triple the national rate of 3.3, says Statistics Canada.
Source:
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/

 

January 23, 2012
Leading indicators, December 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120123/dq120123a-eng.htm
The composite leading index increased 0.8% in December, following a 0.9% gain the previous month. The increase was broad-based with 8 of the 10 components rising.

Source:
Canadian Economic Observer - Product main page*
This monthly periodical is Statistics Canada's flagship publication for economic statistics. Each issue contains a monthly summary of the economy, major economic events and a feature article. A statistical summary contains a wide range of tables and graphs on the principal economic indicators for Canada, the provinces and the major industrial nations.
[ * Click "View" for the latest issue of this periodical; click "Chronological" index for earlier editions. ]

Related subjects:

* Business performance and ownership
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/theme-theme.action?pid=2239&lang=eng&more=0

* Current conditions
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/subtheme-soustheme.action?pid=2239&id=712&lang=eng&more=0

* Economic accounts
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/theme-theme.action?pid=3764&lang=eng&more=0

* Leading indicators
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/subtheme-soustheme.action?pid=3764&id=1880&lang=eng&more=0

 

January 23, 2012
Profile of seniors’ transportation habits
By Martin Turcotte
HTML version
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-008-x/2012001/article/11619-eng.htm
PDF version (148K, 16 pages)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-008-x/2012001/article/11619-eng.pdf

This article examines various issues related to seniors’ access to transportation and to a vehicle. The first part focuses on determining which seniors have a driver’s licence and drive a car, including those with the weakest visual, auditory, motor and cognitive faculties. The second part of the article describes seniors’ main forms of transportation other than driving a car. The last part examines the impact of seniors’ main form of transportation on their level of social participation.

Source:
Canadian Social Trends - Product main page*
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=11-008-x&lang=eng
This publication discusses the social, economic, and demographic changes affecting the lives of Canadians
[ * Click "View" for the latest issue of this periodical;
click "Chronological index" for earlier editions. ]

- Go to the Seniors (Social Research) Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/seniors.htm

 

The Daily Archives
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/DAILY/daily.cgi?s=last
- select a month and year from the drop-down menus and click on a date for that day's Daily

Source:
The Daily:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dai-quo/index-eng.htm
[Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html ]

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- Go to the Federal Government Department Links (Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm

What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit

What's new from the
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU):
http://www.childcarecanada.org

January 29, 2012

What's new online this week:

1. Research, policy & practice
- materials include: scholarly research, policy studies and briefs, government and NGO reports

Background information and facts about public child care in Peel Region
http://goo.gl/2n99e
24 Jan 2012 | Ontario
Collection of documents includes fact sheet about public child care in Peel Region, Peel's child care service plan for 2010-2011, and documents supporting the recommendation to regional coucnil to close all public child care centres in Peel.

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy (Volume 5)
http://goo.gl/N6Acr
23 Jan 2012 | International
Fifth volume of the international journal from the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education available online; covers various ECEC policy issues by experts from around the world.

Pay matters: The positive economic impacts of paid family leave for families, businesses and the public
http://goo.gl/9tTS1
23 Jan 2012 | United States
Report from the Rutgers Center for Women and Work argues that "if paid leave policies have the potential to protect women's and men's wages and long-term earnings, and perhaps even to reduce the use of state- and federally-funded public assistance, then any political or economic investment in such policies would be - quite literally - worth the cost."

Policies to assist parents with young children
http://goo.gl/VcG03
23 Jan 2012 | United States
Article by Christopher Ruhm compares parental leave and ECEC policies in the United States, Canada, and several European nations; argues that "Canada falls in the middle in generosity" for parental leave and benefits.

'Promising practices' of early childhood education principles for immigrant and refugee children in British Columbia
http://goo.gl/9npGy
23 Jan 2012 | British Columbia
Report provides "an overview of programs and services for newcomer children aged 0-12 years" and "explores the unique approaches that managers, coordinators and educators working with immigrant and refugee children take to achieve their programmatic goals."

MORE research, policy & practice
http://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice

2. Child care in the news:
- archive of news articles about early childhood education and child care (ECEC) in Canada and abroad.

Child care issue put off: Region calls for task force
http://goo.gl/vMt94
27 Jan 2012 | Ontario

Parent pleas persuade Peel council to keep daycares open
http://goo.gl/O3VuO
27 Jan 2012 | Ontario

Rae tries to shore up support for NDP-turned-Liberal MP St-Denis
http://goo.gl/u62rp
26 Jan 2012 | Canada

Parents take concerns to board: Bypass roundtable discussions for answers about board-run care
http://goo.gl/KJePy
26 Jan 2012 | Ontario

Peel Region rushing daycare closings, parents say
http://goo.gl/zyfRE
26 Jan 2012 | Ontario

MORE child care in the news
http://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news

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http://www.childcarecanada.org/links/index.html

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- briefing notes, factsheets, occasional papers and other publications

ISSUE files
http://www.childcarecanada.org/resources/issue-files
- theme pages, each filled with contextual information and links to further info

Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)
http://www.childcarecanada.org
CRRU is a policy and research oriented facility that focuses on early childhood education and child care (ECEC) and family policy in Canada and internationally.

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- Go to the Non-Governmental Early Learning and Child Care Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd2.htm

Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
(Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Poverty Dispatch (U.S.)
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch
The Poverty Dispatch is a daily scan of U.S. web-based news items dealing with topics such as poverty, welfare reform, child welfare, education, health, hunger, Medicare and Medicaid, etc.. The Dispatch is distributed by the Institute for Research on Poverty, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. News articles from online newspapers are posted here in a number of general categories, and are tagged with more specific keywords relevant to each article.

Tags
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/tags/
Clicking on a word or expression in the list of tags will call up all relevant news items from past Dispatches under that tag. The list contains a tag for each U.S. state so you can view jurisdiction-specific news, and tags for a huge list of topics, including :
* Basic needs * Canada * Caseloads * Cash assistance * Cellular phones * Census * Charities * Child care * Child hunger * Child poverty * Child support * Child welfare * Child well-being * Chronic homelessness * Cohabitation * Cost of living * Crime * Crimes against the homeless * Debt * Deep poverty * Disability * Early childhood education * Earned income tax credit * Electronic benefit transfers * Eligibility * Food insecurity * Food programs * Foster care* Fuel poverty * Health care costs * Health insurance coverage * Homeless children * Homeless families * Homeless veterans * Housing First * Housing subsidies * Immigrant workers * Income * Income inequality * Jobless benefits * Juvenile justice * Legal aid * Low-income housing * Low-wage work * Medicaid * Microfinance * Minimum wage * Newly poor * No Child Left Behind * Ontario * Paid family leave * Payday lending * Persistent poverty * Poverty measurement * Poverty rate * Prisons * Privatization * Public Housing * Rural poverty * Safety net * SCHIP * Section 8 (Housing) * Seniors * Single parents * SNAP/Food Stamps * Supplemental Security Income * Taxes * Teen pregnancy * Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) * Unemployment rate * Uninsured * Urban poverty * Utilities * Welfare reform * Welfare-to-work * Women Infants and Children (WIC) * Work requirements * Youth employment * many more tags...

Latest issues of Poverty Dispatch:

January 27:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/2012/01/27/
State Medicaid Programs - Maine, Kansas
Child Care Subsidies - New Jersey
Mobile Banking - Haiti
Unemployment Rate - Spain

January 26:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/2012/01/26/
High School Dropout Ages and Graduation Rates
Drug Testing and Assistance Programs - Virginia, Indiana
Politics and Poverty

January 25:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/2012/01/25/
Kids Count Report - Michigan
Food Assistance and Immigrant Families - Kansas
State Minimum Wage - Hawaii

January 23:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/2012/01/23/
Student Homelessness - Maryland
Food Assistance and Immigrant Families - Kansas
States and Health Insurance Coverage

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Earlier Poverty Dispatches (back to July 2006):
1. Go to the Poverty Dispatch home page:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/
2. Click on a date in the calendar (top right-hand corner of the page) to see the links for that date.
Change the month by clicking the link at the bottom of the calendar.
OR
3. Click on a category or a tag (right-hand margin) to access all relevant links.
[ e.g., 588 links under the category "Poverty" - http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/categories/poverty/ ]
OR
4. Scroll down the home page to the Archives section, where you can view the full content of the dispatches by month back to July 2006 (although *some* media links tend to go 404 after awhile)...
NOTE: I highly recommend this excellent U.S. media resource!
The only shortcoming I encountered was the lack of a table of contents for each daily dispatch, which forces visitors to click each date in the calendar to see the contents of the daily dispatch for that day. So I've created my own archive (the link below), starting in mid-December of 2011, that is a table of contents of each dispatch as per the latest dispatches above, that lets you scan contents without opening each damn dispatch:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/povdispatch_archive.htm

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Source:
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http://www.irp.wisc.edu

University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.wisc.edu/

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http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us3.htm

- Go to the Poverty Measures - International Resources page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty2.htm

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 (Davos-Klosters, Switzerland) --- 25-29 January, 2012

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland 25-29 January
The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models
http://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2012

World Economic Forum - Home page
http://www.weforum.org/
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Our motto is ‘entrepreneurship in the global public interest’. The World Economic Forum believes that economic progress without social development is not sustainable, while social development without economic progress is not

World Economic Forum (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva. It describes itself as an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
The Forum is best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland. The meeting brings together some 2,500 top business leaders, international political leaders, selected intellectuals and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world, including health and the environment.
Source:
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/

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World Social Forum president Dilma Rousseff calls for
anti-crisis measures, social programs and a positive agenda for Rio + 20
http://goo.gl/K1ohk
January 27, 2012
Porto Alegre – This year’s World Social Forum is being called a Thematic Social Forum with the central theme: Crisis of Capitalism, Social and Environmental Justice. The idea dominating the gathering is: We Need to Reinvent the World because that is the only way to achieve sustainable development, protect the environment and respect the rights of different social groups, mainly those who are most vulnerable.
As part of the Forum, which was founded in 2001 in Brazil as a developing nation more-social-than-economic counterpoint to the World Economic Forum in Davos, president Dilma Rousseff, continuing a tradition of attending the event started by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (who did so even before becoming president), participated in a special session called Dialogue Between Civil Society and Governments.

World Social Forum - Home page
http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=19&cd_language=2
The World Social Forum is an open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, for formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action.

World Social Forum (from Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Social_Forum
The World Social Forum (WSF) is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemonic globalization.
Source:
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/

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CRINMAIL (Newsletter of the Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

From the
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN):
http://www.crin.org/index.asp

CRINMAIL - children's rights newsletter
Latest issue:

25 January 2012 - CRINMAIL Issue 1260
http://www.crin.org/email/crinmail_detail_popup.asp?crinmailID=4069

In this issue:
Latest news and reports
- Council of Europe elects new Commissioner!
- UN police accused of child sexual exploitation
- Turning photographers into tools of the state
- 40,000 denied the right to have rights
- Schoolboy suspended for wearing dreadlocks
- UN news
- Child rights education for professionals
Children's Rights Wiki: Spotlight on Syria
Upcoming events
Employment
Also includes:
* World news * Reports * Events * Issues * Law
* Advocacy * Challenging breaches * Take action * Campaigns * Toolkits

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See http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnrights.htm
for the table of contents for, and links to, a large collection of issues of CRINMAIL.
NOTE : The CRIN "Links to Issues of CRINMAIL" (next link below) doesn't include the table of contents for each issue.

Links to Issues of CRINMAIL (from CRIN)
http://goo.gl/C0JNx
- links to earlier weekly issues, many of which are special editions focusing on special themes, such as the 45th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the launch of the EURONET Website.

Children's rights Wiki - from CRIN
http://wiki.crin.org/mediawiki/index.php
The Children's Rights Wiki assembles all information about children's rights in every country in one place.

Source:
CRINMAIL (incl. subscription info)
http://www.crin.org/email/

Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
http://www.crin.org/index.asp

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- Go to the Children's Rights Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnrights.htm

Government of Canada’s Open Government initiative

By Tracey Lauriault
An open government initiative needs policy and directives to ensure, guide and involve the governors and bureaucrats. Open government also requires cultural change and it also means that the government will need to welcome citizen participation and govern based on evidence from within government and based on the work done by citizens. It is not suitable to open government and share data and then cut funding in research, libraries, archives, think tanks or the census. Open government means nurturing and growing a multifaceted knowledge industry and volunteer sector on topics ranging from spending, women, poverty to infrastructure and government administration. It also means welcoming informed results irrespective of their alignment with the ideologies of the government of the day.

The Sixth Estate


What was new before that?
- This is a link to the online version of the January 22 (2012) issue of the
Canadian Social Research Newsletter
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[ See Earlier issues of the newsletter - incl. the table of contents for each issue right back to January 2005....]

What's New and
the weekly Canadian Social Research Newsletter:

Whenever I add a link to any page on the Canadian Social Research Links site, I copy it to this What's New page. At the beginning of each week, usually on Sunday, I copy the content directly from this page into the Canadian Social Research Newsletter and send it by e-mail to subscribers. I also create an HTML version of the newsletter (see the links immediately below), which I post to my site. The HTML version of the newsletter also serves as an archive for "old" content from this What's New page.

NOTES:
1. I don't update the links in the newsletter, so you'll definitely find some broken ones in there, especially in the older issues.
2. If you plan to link from your website to any of the newsletters below, or to add one or more issues of this newsletter to your Internet Explorer Favorites or your Netscape/Firefox Bookmarks, please note that I clean up server space for my site from time to time by deleting older newsletters. Feel free to download any of the newsletters below to your own computer before they disappear...

Newsletter Archive*
*NOTE: The Canadian Social Research Newsletter page contains the table of contents for each issue in the current calendar year.
For the table of contents for issues in earlier years, see:

[ Go to the 2011 newsletter archive - on a separate page of this website]
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You can read older issues of this newsletter back to September 2003
by going to the "csrl-news archive" of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) web site.
There are no hyperlinks in that archived version of the newsletter, but you can correct that problem by selecting, copying and pasting the entire newsletter (Ctrl +A) into an email message that you send to yourself; your email reader should convert all hyperlinks into visible URLs.
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2012

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January 29, 2012NEW

January 22
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January 3

 


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December 11
December 4
November 27
November 20
November 13
November 6
October 30
October 23
October 16
October 9
October 2
September 25
September 18
September 11
September 4
August 28
August 21
August 14
August 7
July 31
July 24
July 17
July 10
July 3
June 26
June 19
June 12
June 5
May 29
May 23
May 15
May 8
May 1
April 25
April 17

April 10
April 3
March 27
March 20
March 13

March 6

February 27
February 20
February 13

February 6
January 31

January 23
January 16

January 9

January 2


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- December 26
- December 19
- December 12
- December 5
- November 28
- November 21
- November 14
- November 7
- October 31
- October 24
- October 17
- October 10
- October 3
- September 27
- September 19
- September 12
- September 5
- August 30
- August 22
- August 15
- August 8
- July 30
- July 25
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- July 11
- July 4
- June 27
- June 20
- June 13
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- May 30
- May 23
- May 16
- May 9
- May 2
- April 25
- April 18
- April 11
- April 5
- March 28
- March 21
- March 14
- March 7
- February 28
- February 21
- February 15
- February 7
- January 24
- January 17
- January 10
- January 3


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- December 27
- December 20
- December 13
- December 6
- November 29
- November 22
- November 15
- November 8
- November 1
- October 25
- October 18
- October 11
- October 4
- September 27
- September 20
- September 13
- September 7
- August 30
- August 24
- August 16
- August 9
- August 2
- July 26
- July 19
- July 12
- July 5
- June 28
- June 21
- June 14
- June 7
- May 31
- May 24
- May 17
- May 10
- May 3
- April 26
- April 19
- April 13
- April 5
- March 29
- March 22
- March 15
- March 8
- March 1
- February 22
- February 15
- February 8
- February 1
- January 25
- January 18
- January 11
- January 4


2008

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- December 28
- December 21
- December 14
- December 7
- November 30
- November 23
- November 16
- November 9
- November 2
- October 27
- October 19
- October 12
- October 5
- September 28
- September 21
- September 14
- September 7
- August 31
- August 24
- August 17
- August 10
- August 3
- July 27
- July 20
- July 13
- July 6
- June 29
- June 23
- June 15
- June 8
- June 1
- May 25
- May 18
- May 11
- May 4
- April 27
- April 20
- April 13
- April 6
- March 30
- March 23
- March 16
- March 9
- March 2
- February 24
- February 17
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- February 3
- January 27
- January 20
- January 13
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- December 30
- December 23
- December 16
- December 9
- December 2
- November 25
- November 18
- November 11
- November 4
- October 28
- October 21
- October 14
- October 7
- September 30
- September 23
- September 16
- September 9
- September 2
- August 26
- August 19
- August 12
- August 5
- July 29
- July 22
- July 15
- July 8
- July 1
- June 24
- June 17
- June 10
- June 3
- May 27
- May 20
- May 13
- May 6
- April 29
- April 22
- April 15
- April 9
- April 1
- March 25
- March 18
- March 11
- March 4
- February 25
- February 18
- February 11
- January 26
- January 21
- January 14
- January 7


2006

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- December 31
- December 24
- December 17
- December 10
- December 3
- November 26
- November 19
- November 12
- November 5
- October 29
- October 22
- October 16
- October 8
- October 1
- September 24
- September 17
- September 10
- September 3
- August 27
- August 20
- August 13
- August 6
- July 30
- July 23
- July 16
- July 9
- July 2
- June 25
- June 18
- June 11
- June 4
- May 28
- May 21
- May 14
- May 7
- April 30
- April 23
- April 17
- April 9
- April 2
- March 26
- March 19
- March 12
- March 5
- February 26
- February 19
- February 12
- February 5
- January 29
- January 22
- January 15
- January 8
- January 3


2005

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- December 25
- December 18
- December 11
- December 4
- November 27
- November 20
- November 13
- November 6
- October 30
- October 23
- October 16
- October 9
- October 2
- September 25
- September 18
- September 12
- September 4
- August 28
- August 21
- August 14
- August 7
- July 31
- July 24
- July 17
- July 10
- July 3
- June 26
- June 19
- June 12
- June 5
- May 29
- May 23
- May 15
- May 8
- May 1
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- April 3
- March 28
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