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Canadian Social Research Newsletter
May 8, 2011
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Welcome to the weekly Canadian Social Research Newsletter, a listing of the
new links added to the Canadian Social Research Links website
[http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/] in the past week.

The e-mail version of this week's issue of the newsletter is going out to
2,415 subscribers.

Here's where you can find the online version of this week's newsletter:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/personal/news080511.htm

Scroll to the bottom of this newsletter to see some notes, a disclaimer and
other stuff that has nothing whatsoever to do with social policy...

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IN THIS ISSUE OF THE
CANADIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NEWSLETTER:

Canadian content

1. Federal election 2011 results : The people of Canada have spoken : 
jails and jets it is.
2. The costs of poverty vs guaranteed annual income (GAI) - Globe and Mail
3. "Taxes are the price we pay for the Canada we love" (Canadians for Tax
Fairness) 4. Fiscal Record of Canadian Political Parties (Progressive
Economics Forum Blog) - April 29 5. What's New in The Daily [Statistics
Canada]:
--- Census 2011
--- Labour Force Survey, April 2011 - May 6
--- Consumer Price Index: A preview of the upcoming basket update - May 4 6.
What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit 7. Poverty
Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs

International content

8. Growing Income Inequality in OECD Countries: What Drives It and How Can
Policy Tackle It?
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) - May 2 9. CRINMAIL
(weekly children's rights newsletter)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the Moms out there!
Have a great week...

Gilles

[ gilseg at rogers.com ]

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1. Federal Election 2011 Results
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May 2, 2011
The people of Canada have spoken.
Jails and jets it is.
And more unfettered contempt for Parliament and the people of Canada.

Best analogy of the week:
"Jack Layton winning 102 seats against a Tory majority is like winning the
jackpot at a bingo on the Titanic."

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Election night results from Elections Canada
http://enr.elections.ca/home1.aspx
- includes results for all of Canada, for each province and territory, by
postal code and more...

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 From the CBC:

Canada Votes 2011 Election results
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/myelection/
- interactive map of results

Harper: Majority win turns page on 'uncertainty'
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/05/02/cv-election
-main.html 

Layton seizes Opposition; Duceppe, Ignatieff defeated in ridings as parties
decimated

Breaking down the election results
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/features/results/
A closer look at Canada's new House of Commons

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

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From
the Globe and Mail:

Canada’s new electoral divide: It’s about the money
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-new-electoral-divide-it
s-about-the-money/article2009191/ 

By Patrick Brethour
VANCOUVER— From Wednesday's Globe and Mail May 3, 2011 [ 500 comments
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-new-electoral-divide-it
s-about-the-money/article2009191/comments/
]

The newly drawn electoral map is split, but the cleavage is not left versus
right, nor is it Quebec versus the rest of Canada. The true divide, the new
reality of Canadian politics, is between the economic heartlands that the
Conservatives now dominate throughout the country and the economic
hinterlands won by the NDP.

Centrist compromise spurs Tory triumph
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/centrist-compromise-spurs-tory-
triumph/article2007654/ 

By John Ibbitson
May 3, 2011
It worked. Stephen Harper finally won his majority government. He did it by
surrendering right-wing cant for centrist compromise. He didn’t sound that
way, but he acted it. And the voters understood. There is a new reality in
Ottawa. The fusion of right-wing factions into a party of the moderate
centre-right now dominates national politics. Mr. Harper, who has already
governed for five years, will govern for four more. The lesson for the
parties to his left is obvious: Unite or lose.

Also from the G&M:

* Voters want Harper kept on short leash and aren’t yet sold on Layton: 
study
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/voters-want-har
per-kept-on-short-leash-and-arent-yet-sold-on-layton-study/article2011180/ 

* Harper finally wins majority as NDP surges into Opposition
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-finally-wins-majority-as
-ndp-surges-into-opposition/article2006635/ 

* Harper to move fast to use his new authority
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-to-move-fast-to-use-his-
new-authority/article2007581/ 

* Ignatieff will not resign, despite losing in own riding
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ignatieff-will-not-resign-despi
te-losing-in-own-riding/article2007167/ 

* Duceppe resigns as Bloc leader after losing riding
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/duceppe-resigns-as-bloc-leader-
after-losing-riding/article2007598/ 

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

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 From the
Toronto Star:

Conservatives soar to majority with NDP forming historic opposition
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/984452
May 3, 2011
The Conservatives have finally captured their elusive majority government in
tonight’s federal election with the NDP taking its historic place as
official opposition, pushing aside the Liberals to a humiliating third place
finish. It is the first time in Canadian history that the Liberal party did
not finish either first or second.

[ 196 comments
http://tinyurl.com/6d92a8a ]

Interactive Map of 2011 Federal Election Results
http://www.thestar.com/staticcontent/981394

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

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A Conservative majority. Now what?
http://murraydobbin.ca/2011/05/03/a-conservativ-majority-now-what/
By Murray Dobbin
May 3, 2011
There is no point dwelling on the obvious other than to simply reiterate it.
The election of a Conservative majority government will usher in wrenching
change in Canada and we will have to witness the worse that Stephen Harper
has to offer. (...) What was shocking for people throughout the first three
weeks of the campaign – before the strange, detached euphoria of the NDP
surge was that so many Canadians – hovering near 40% – could support a
government that was not only conservative in policy terms but virtually a
rogue government in terms of its blatant and unapologetic trashing of
democratic institutions and conventions. It did not seem to matter a whit
that Harper harboured thugs in his inner circle, was found in contempt of
Parliament, and lied without hesitation whenever it suited him.

Source:
Murray Dobbin's Blog
http://murraydobbin.ca/

[ About Murray Dobbin
http://murraydobbin.ca/about/ ]

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 From the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:

Historic NDP Breakthrough
http://federalelectionblog.ca/2011/05/03/historic-ndp-breakthrough/
By Erin Weir
May 3, 2011
A Harper majority is very bad. However, I have trouble imagining it cutting
public programs more than Chretien’s majority [
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2007/01/03/canadas-incredible-shrinking-
government/
] did. The Conservatives and Liberals have long been rather similar on
economic issues. The NDP replacing the Liberals as one of the two
predominant parties is hugely positive. Canadian social democrats have been
striving for this realignment since they founded the CCF in 1932.

The Economic Impact of Harper’s Majority (audio file)
http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=1907026391
May 3, 2011
This 6-minute debate between Michael Hlinka, CBC business correspondent, and
CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan examines the economic impact of a
Harper majority. It took place early today on Metro Morning, the local
morning CBC program in Toronto.It touches on the nature of growth, the
distribution of the benefits of growth, the erosion of the foundation of
growth, and the role of the NDP, as official opposition, to offer some
balance to the process of defining and serving the public interest.

Source:
Making It Count (Election blog)
http://federalelectionblog.ca/

[ Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/ ]

Related link:

Canada's Quiet Bargain:
The benefits of public spending (PDF - 1.3MB, 40 pages)
http://tinyurl.com/4y3bcm5
April 2009
By Hugh Mackenzie and Richard Shillington This study adds a dimension that
has been missing to the public debate over taxes and public spending in
Canada. It weighs the benefits of public services provided by federal,
provincial, and municipal governments against the benefits of recent tax
cuts.

Source:
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/

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- Go to the Non-Governmental Organizations Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ngobkmrk.htm `

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4. Fiscal Record of Canadian Political Parties - April 29 (Progressive
Economics Forum Blog)
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Fiscal Record of Canadian Political Parties
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2011/04/29/fiscal-record-of-canadian-pol
itical-parties/ 

By Toby Sanger
April 29, 2011
With all the recent news stories — as well as alarm raised by other leaders
— about the fiscal and economic impact and record of NDP governments, I
decided to take a look at and review the fiscal record of all federal and
provincial governments in Canada for the past three decades. These results
may be surprising to some: they show that NDP governments have the best
fiscal record of all political parties that have formed federal or
provincial government in Canada.

Source:
Progressive Economics Forum Blog
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/relentless/

[ Progressive Economics Forum
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/ ]

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- Go to the 2011 Federal Election and General Political Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/politics_2011_fed_election.htm

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5. What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Census 2011
--- Labour Force Survey, April 2011 - May 6
--- Consumer Price Index: A preview of the upcoming basket update - May 4
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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]:

2011 Census
http://census2011.gc.ca/
Filling out your online questionnaire is easy and secure.
- includes links to:
* Message from the Chief Statistician * Census jobs * Questions and answers
* Census in many languages * About the census * For teachers * Genealogy
corner * Census of Agriculture * Latest census data * Completing your census
questionnaire online

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May 6, 2011
Labour Force Survey, April 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/110506/dq110506a-eng.htm
Following two months of little change, employment rose by 58,000 in April,
mainly in part time. The unemployment rate edged down 0.1 percentage points
to 7.6%. Compared with April 2010, employment has grown by 283,000 (+1.7%).
- includes links to three tables:
* Labour force characteristics by age and sex
* Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS)
* Labour force characteristics by province

Related report:

Labour Force Information : April 10 to 16, 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/71-001-x/71-001-x2011004-eng.htm
May 6, 2011
Highlights
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/71-001-x/2011004/aftertoc-aprestdm1-eng.htm
Analysis — April 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/71-001-x/2011004/part-partie1-eng.htm
Tables
Charts
Data quality, concepts and methodology
User information
Related products
PDF version (385K, 59 pages)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/71-001-x/71-001-x2011004-eng.pdf

[ earlier reports in this series
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=71-001-X&chropg=1&lang=
eng
]

Source:
Labour Force Information - main product page*
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=71-001-X&lang=eng
This publication provides the most current monthly labour market statistics.
Each month, this publication contains a brief commentary highlighting recent
developments in the Canadian labour market. It also includes a series of
charts and tables on a variety of labour force characteristics, such as
employment and unemployment for Canada, the provinces, metropolitan areas
and economic regions.
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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:

Labour
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/theme-theme.action?pid=2621&lang=eng&
more=0 

Employment and unemployment
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/subtheme-soustheme.action?pid=2621&id
=1803&lang=eng&more=0 

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May 4, 2011
Consumer Price Index: A preview of the upcoming basket update
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/110504/dq110504b-eng.htm
On June 29, 2011, with the release of the May Consumer Price Index (CPI),
Statistics Canada will update the basket of goods and services used in the
calculation of the Index. Statistics Canada updates the basket periodically
to ensure the CPI's reliability, as it is used for three key purposes: as a
measure of inflation; as a statistical series deflator; and as a tool for
indexing various public and private transfer payments.

Related subjects:

* Prices and price indexes
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/theme-theme.action?pid=3956&lang=eng&
more=0 

* Consumer price indexes
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/subtheme-soustheme.action?pid=3956&id
=2178&lang=eng&more=0 

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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

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Summer job?
* 35,000 Census jobs across Canada (April-August 2011)
http://www.census2011.gc.ca/ccr04/ccr04_000a-eng.htm
* 1,200 jobs in the Census Data Operations Centre in Gatineau QC
(April-September 2011) http://www.census2011.gc.ca/ccr04/ccr04_000b-eng.htm

Source:
2011 Census of Canada
http://www.census2011.gc.ca/ccr_r000-eng.htm

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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

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

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May 7, 2011

What's new online:
[This section archives documents that
have been featured on the CRRU homepage..]

Toronto mothers launch Task Force on Child Care
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131233
6 May 11
- Task Force being launched this Mother's Day will hold hearings and 
discussions across Toronto to gather information from parents about 
their child care challenges.

Nova Scotia: New day care regulations
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131227
4 May 11
- The government of Nova Scotia has developed new child care regulations 
that include changes to food and nutrition, building and space 
requirements and staff training.

State of the world's mothers: Champions for children
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131225
4 May 11
- Save the Children's twelfth annual Mothers' Index compares the 
well-being of mothers and children in 164 countries. Canada ranks 20th 
of 43 developed countries.

Joining the dots: A better start for Scotland's children
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131230
4 May 11
- Report by Professor Susan Deacon for the Scottish government on how to 
"renew the national effort on children's early years".

more WHAT'S NEW ONLINE »
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_whatsnew.shtml

child care in the news
[This section features interesting and noteworthy
news about ECEC and related issues in Canada and internationally.]

· Maternal and child services needed in north, says study
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131226
[CA] 4 May 11

· Childcare must be protected not cut
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131221
[GB] 3 May 11

· Edleun completes acquisition of two child care centres
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131220
[CA] 2 May 11

· A real, unnecessary crisis for families
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131228
[US] 2 May 11

· New regulations to allow for healthy eating choices at child care 
facilities
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131223
[CA-NS] 28 Apr 11

· Kindergarten split classes will 'shortchange' students
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131222
[CA-ON] 25 Apr 11

· Childcare groups warn against means-testing
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=131224
[AU] 18 Apr 11

more CC IN THE NEWS »
http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_inthenews.shtml

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http://www.childcarecanada.org/res/enews/index.html
Sign up to receive email notices of updates and new postings on the CRRU 
website which will inform you of policy developments in early childhood 
care and education, new research and resources for policy, newly 
released CRRU publications, and upcoming events of interest to the child 
care and broader community.

Links to child care
sites in Canada and elsewhere
http://www.childcarecanada.org/links/index.html

CRRU Publications
http://www.childcarecanada.org/pubs/
- briefing notes, factsheets, occasional papers and other publications

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

Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)
http://www.childcarecanada.org/
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (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

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7. Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
(Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Poverty Dispatch (U.S.)
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch
- the content of this link changes several times a week
- 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.

Latest issues of Poverty Dispatch:

May 6:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/2011/05/06/
Earned Income Tax Credit - Connecticut
Tornado Damage and Low-Income Homeowners
Incarcerated Parents and Child Support

May 5:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/2011/05/05/
State Budgets and Medicaid
SNAP and Farmers’ Markets - Minnesota
Half-Day Kindergarten - Philadelphia, PA

May 4:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/2011/05/04/
Wisconsin Poverty Report
Legal Aid for the Poor
Housing Affordability

May 3:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/2011/05/03/
States and Medicaid Payments
Child Welfare System - Florida
School Vouchers - Indiana
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Wisconsin

May 2:
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/dispatch/2011/05/02/
Summer Teen Unemployment
Schools and Homeless Children

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Past Poverty Dispatches
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/initiatives/outreach/pastdispatch.htm
- links to dispatches back to June 2006

Search Poverty Dispatches
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/initiatives/outreach/dispatch/search.htm

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Source:
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) http://www.irp.wisc.edu/
[ University of Wisconsin-Madison http://www.wisc.edu/ ]

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- Go to the Links to American Government Social Research page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us.htm

- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental Social Research (A-J) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us2.htm

- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental Social Research (M-Z) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us3.htm

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

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8. Growing Income Inequality in OECD Countries: What Drives It and
How Can Policy Tackle It? - May 2
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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Growing Income Inequality in OECD Countries:
What Drives It and How Can Policy Tackle It? (PDF - 751K, 14 pages)
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/20/47723414.pdf
May 2011
Table of contents:
The overall picture: inequality on the rise in most OECD countries
--- Trends in income inequality
--- Where is the increasing income inequality coming from: wages, 
employment or capital incomes?
What drives growing earnings and income disparities?
--- How important are globalisation, technological change and regulatory 
reform for inequality?
--- Does it matter for inequality whether rich men marry rich women?
--- Have income taxes and benefit systems become less successful in 
redistributing income?
Which lessons for policies?

Issue paper on Tackling Inequality (PDF - 224K, 4 pages)
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/8/58/47711165.pdf
May 2011

Source:
OECD Forum on Tackling Inequality (PARIS)
http://tinyurl.com/4xdrnym

[ Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/ ]

[ More on OECD research on Income Distribution and Poverty
http://www.oecd.org/els/social/inequality ]

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Related link:

 >From the
Wellesley Institute
http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/

‘Scary’ income inequality on rise in Canada and other rich economies: 
New OECD report
http://tinyurl.com/68w43do
May. 6, 2011
Research from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 
(OECD) released earlier this week indicates that income inequality 
continues to grow rapidly in Canada and in most of the world’s other 
rich economies. The research points to an international trend where 
economic growth only translates into growth in household income for the 
wealthiest in society and doesn’t serve to benefit household incomes of 
everyone.

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- Go to the Government Social Research Links in Other Countries page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internat.htm

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

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

CRINMAIL - children's rights newsletter

3 May 2011, CRINMAIL issue 1223 : World Press Freedom Day
http://www.crin.org/email/crinmail_archive.asp?productID=2&PageTitle=Crinmai
l%2BArchive%2B-%2BCRINMAIL%20English#
In this issue:
World Press Freedom Day
CRIN launches Arabic website!
New Media Frontiers & Circumvention tools
Latest news on press freedom restrictions:
- Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Azerbaijan, Uganda, Thailand, Cuba, 
United States
Upcoming events on new media
Employment
Also includes:
* World news * Reports * Events * Laws * Issues
* Advocacy * Challenging breaches * Take action * Campaigns * Toolkits

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Links to Issues of CRINMAIL
http://www.crin.org/email/crinmail_archive.asp?productID=2&PageTitle=Crinmai
l%2BArchive%2B-%2BCRINMAIL%20English 

- 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.

NOTE: see http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnrights.htm for the 
table of contents for, and links to, several months' worth of issues of 
CRINMAIL.

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

[ 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

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Commonly Misused Words

It may be inconceivable for you to misuse a word, but a quick look 
around the web reveals plenty of people doing it. And it’s all too easy 
when we hear or see others use words incorrectly and parrot them without 
knowing it’s wrong. Here are 27 commonly misused words. Some are common 
mistakes that can cost you when trying to keep a reader’s attention. 
Others are more obscure and just interesting to know.

1. Adverse / Averse
Adverse means unfavorable. Averse means reluctant.

2.Afterwards
Afterwards is wrong in American English. It’s afterward.

3. Complement / Compliment
Complement is something that adds to or supplements something else. 
Compliment is something nice someone says about you.

4. Criteria
Criteria is plural, and the singular form is criterion.

5. Farther / Further
Farther is talking about a physical distance. “How much farther is 
Disney World, Daddy?”
Further is talking about an extension of time or degree. “Take your 
business further by reading Copyblogger.”

6. Fewer / Less

If you can count it, use fewer. If you can’t, use less.
“James has less incentive to do what I say.”
“Tony has fewer subscribers since he stopped blogging.”

7. Historic / Historical

Historic means an important event.
Historical means something that happened in the past.

8. Imply / Infer

To imply means to suggest indirectly (you’re sending a subtle message).
To infer is to come to a conclusion based on information (you’re 
interpreting a message).

9. Insure / Ensure

Insure is correct only when you call up Geico or State Farm for coverage.
Ensure means to guarantee, and that’s most often what you’re trying to 
say, right?

10. Irregardless

Irregardless is not a word. Use regardless or irrespective.

11. Literally

“I’m literally starving to death.” No, odds are, you’re not.
Literally means exactly what you say is accurate, no metaphors or 
analogies.
Everything else is figurative (relative, a figure of speech).

12. Premier / Premiere

Premier is the first and best in status or importance, or a prime minister.
Premiere is the opening night of Star Wars 8: George Wants More Money.

13. Principal / Principle

Principal when used as a noun means the top dog; as an adjective, it 
means the most important of any set.
Principle is a noun meaning a fundamental truth, a law, a rule that 
always applies, or a code of conduct.

14. Unique

Unique means (literally) one of a kind.
Saying something is very unique is wacked.
It’s either a purple cow or it isn’t.

Source:
http://www.copyblogger.com/commonly-misused-words/

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And, in closing...

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Dogs are smart.
Yup.
http://www.wimp.com/throwstick/

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Hi-Def City Limits - night video scenes of Montreal,
Quebec City, Toronto, Manhattan, and Chicago
Be sure to expand the video to fill your screen:
http://tinyurl.com/6fcaqto

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Definitely *not* for claustrophobes:
http://www.cubeproject.org.uk/

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30 highlight paintings from the
National Gallery in London England:
http://tinyurl.com/ortrx4

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Geek joke
http://eatliver.com/i.php?n=7220

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