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Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Saturday, December 15, 2012

Where does the interest lie in Canadian universities?

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If the Internet searches conducting in Canada are an indicator, it appears that Brock University and Ryerson University are leading the numb...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Pakistani-Canadians: Falling below the poverty line

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Pakistan-born immigrants are the new face of poverty in urban Canada. The Canadian census revealed that 44% of the Pakistan-born immigrants ...
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Layton Power: How leadership mattered in the Canadian politics

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The rise of NDP is a testament to the star power of Jack Layton, the NDP’s charismatic leader. Where Stephen Harper of Conservatives and Mic...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

When you're buying a home, hassle for a better price

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Image by thinkpanama via Flickr From The Toronto Star , Wednesday, April 3, 2011 "At this point, Ryerson University professor Murta...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Dirty politics with dirty money

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When it comes to Quebec, anglophone politicians while wooing francophone votes, would resort to literally throwing money at Quebec voters.  ...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Over $200 a barell of oil, oil-pipe dreams

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Image via Wikipedia I like Jeff Rubin a lot. He is a very sensible economist and is up there with David Rosenberg. There are not many celeb...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Retail sales rose in November

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According to Statistics Canada: Retail sales increased 1.3% to $37.3 billion in November, reflecting growth at most store types. This...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Gas pains

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The consumer price index, it appears, is primarily driven by the gasoline prices. The graph below demonstrates the correlation between the t...
Friday, December 24, 2010

Is the economy really recovering?

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The for-hire motor carrier freight services price index has maintained its upward trend since the first quarter of 2009. The price index col...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

Electronics sales may not be electrifying this time around

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While the print and electronic media remains infatuated with the latest gadgetry, predicting higher electronic sales every December, this ye...
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Friday, December 17, 2010

Would income inequality result in higher mortality rates for the poor?

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The answer for Canada is not necessarily. A study by McGill University’s Nancy Ross found no association between income polarization and mor...

Where is Toronto’s missing middle class? It has suburbanized out of Toronto

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The recent study by the University of Toronto’s (U of T) urban researchers has raised alarms about the increase in income polarization in t...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

The good, the bad, and the ugly in Toronto

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What happened to the middle class in Toronto? University of Toronto's urban/social geographer, David Hulchanski, and colleagues argue ...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

A $60 million surplus in transit operations: Wishful thinking or creative accounting

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As someone who researches and teaches transit planning, I was simply shocked to see TTC projecting a $60 million surplus for 2010. For this ...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Do Canadians pay high taxes?

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A favourite Canadian pastime is to complain about taxes. The general belief is that the Canadians are over burdened with taxes. Yes, Canadia...