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Temporary foreign workers and the labour market
Further to recent commentary regarding the Harper government's dramatic expansion of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TWF) program, consider this shocking factoid.
Even before the expansion of the program envisioned in the current omnibus "budget" bill, temporary foreign workers (who do not have the same rights as other Canadian workers, and whose presence here depends entirely on keeping their employers happy) already accounted for almost 30 per cent of all net new paid jobs created in Canada between 2007 and 2011.
The trouble with the 99 per cent
There can be little doubt about the importance of the Occupy movement to our recent political discourse. It succeeded in getting a significant amount of media attention and it forced politicians of all stripes, including those on the Right, to acknowledge the danger that severe and rampant inequality pose to our social order and structure.
This ad hoc movement inspired many and managed to put its issues on the table to a sufficient degree that politicians of both the social democratic and liberal brand, as well as some on the far Right, have attempted to bask in its refracted glow. That none of these political actors offer the slightest threat to the system that Occupy apparently opposes appeared often lost on the participants, however.
Facts, interpretations and Chávez
Modern social science's essence lies in its purpose, articulated in the 19th century, to expound a meticulous, secular knowledge of reality that is somehow corroborated by empirical research. The challenge for researchers of course rests in how they define "empirical research." The driving methodological debate in the social sciences -- however abstruse or historically distant -- orients itself according to the divide between the advocates of the interpretive method and the proponents of positivism.
Boycott
Whether protesting your university's pro-war investments or horrific conditions of workers in sweat shops sewing brand name clothes, a boycott is an effective way to send a message. It hits big business and local capitalist oppressors alike right where it hurts - the wallet. This guide will go over
What's a boycott?
Who can do it?
How to organize
What is it?
Trans film screening series: Madame Sata
Mar 28 2011 - 6:30pm
Mar 28 2011 - 8:30pm
Location
The Centre for Women and Trans People UT
563 Spadina Ave. rm.100
Toronto, ON M5S 2J7Canada
Phone:
416-978-8201
Fax:
416-978-1078
43° 39' 35.8488" N, 79° 24' 1.0368" W
See map: Google Maps
The Trans Inclusion Group hosts a free screening of:
"Madame Sata"
Everyone welcome. Allies welcome.
Contact name:
Trans Film Screening Series
Contact email:
Screaming Queens screening
Jan 31 2011 - 12:04pm
Location
The Centre for Women and Trans People
563 Spadina Ave. room 100
Toronto M5S 2J7Canada
Phone:
416-978-8201
Fax:
416-978-1078
43° 39' 35.8488" N, 79° 24' 1.0368" W
See map: Google Maps
The Trans Inclusion Group hosts a FREE screening of SCREAMING QUEENS: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria.
Everyone welcome. Allies welcome. Free food and talk included.
Contact name:
The Trans Inclusion Group (of The Centre for Women and Trans People)
Contact email: