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Dec 10, 2018

Violence, frequency of hate crimes on the rise: What are we going to do about it?

Barâa Arar

Statistics Canada’s recent report on hate crimes illustrates the increase in these racially motivated incidents. The challenge now is to develop an approach to combat this hatred.

In cahoots

May 4, 2018

Accelerate! Accelerate! Said the Workers to Their Wages

The recent wage data provided by Statistics Canada, from their monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS), is encouraging. However, it is important not to overstate the acceleration evident in the recent data.

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Apr 18, 2017

Silence on the right and in the media about NDP role as Alberta adds an impressive 20,000 full-time jobs

David J. Climenhaga

If the Edmonton Oilers do better than the Calgary Flames in the NHL playoffs, Alberta Conservatives will presumably try to find a way to blame the NDP for that too.

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Jan 12, 2017

Five things you need to know about Alberta's latest Electoral Boundaries Commission

John Ashton

A useful primer on the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission by former NDP Caucus director John Ashton.

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Jan 11, 2017

For the sake of a healthy democracy, Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission needs to extend submissions deadline

David J. Climenhaga

The population of Alberta has grown about 20 per cent in less than a decade and, face it, most of those folks didn't move to Manyberries, Vegreville or Zama City.

In cahoots

Feb 24, 2016

Food bank stats don't tell the story of food insecurity

'Food insecurity' refers to the inadequate access to food because of financial constraints -- and it's a larger problem in Canada than most realize.

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Feb 1, 2016

There is no gender symmetry when it comes to domestic violence

Doreen Nicoll

Janet Mosher, law professor at York University, maintains that "A great deal of complexity is involved when a woman living with domestic violence uses force."

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Jan 11, 2016

Fearless champion of the corporate over-dog snarls at CCPA's eye-popping New Year CEO salary tally

David J. Climenhaga

Was the Fraser Institute's critique of a CCPA study really a memo to mainstream media bosses to watch what facts they report?

Activist Toolkit

Report: The alarming impact of the Harper Government's war on data

Reports

Our ability to know about people, communities and issues is disappearing

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Aug 25, 2015

Survey sheds new light on job vacancies

Andrew Jackson

Congratulations to StatsCan on the occasion of the first release from the National Job Vacancy and Wage Survey, with data for the first quarter of this year.

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