Women earnings keep two salary families above low income
A Statistics Canada report shows that without women's earnings, 748,000 two salary families would fall below the low income cutoff in 1995, while with women’s incomes only 202,000 do. Alan Mirabelli of the Vanier Institute argues that family wages no longer apply and individuals are now paid for individual work.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Canada
Alan Mirabelli
The
Vanier Institute of the Family
Reform warns on Chretien plan to reinvest surpluses
Monte Solberg and Reform researchers criticize Prime Minister Chretien’s pledge to reinvest half of future budget surpluses into new programs. They present a discussion paper suggesting how to split surpluses among debt reduction tax cuts and strategic reinvestment.
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Ottawa
Monte Solberg
Reform Party
Jean Chretien
Reform
Solberg
Canada
Methanol Victims Fight WCB Appeal Short Hearing
Six former city transit workers seek compensation after methanol exposure during a 1986 1994 city fuel project. John Wilson called his appeal hearing a joke as sessions were cut to one hour with no comment from WCB officials.
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Medicine Hatmer
John Wilson
Worker
Darryl
Kallis
Bill Torok
Wilson
Torok
Medicine Hat News
Liz Skene
Lorraine Stockdale
Claims Services Review Committee
WCB
Skene
Medicine Hat hearings on confidentiality and upcoming rulings
Witnesses in Medicine Hat probe describe confidential hearings and projected timelines for decisions. Wilson and others press for disclosure while fragrance and courtesy concerns surface. Sun Life and insurer actions on benefits prompt appeals and cautious timelines.
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Skene
Stockdale
Wilson
Torok
Kallis
E.W.N
John Hughes
Medicine Hat
Eileen Moore
Dave Anton
Larry Ulrichsen
Moore
Medicine Hat College students split on $220 tuition hike
Full-time students at Medicine Hat College will pay 898 per term 1796 per year as Alberta policy shifts more cost to students. Some students say rising tuition deters attendance while others defend value. college plans yearlong talks on tuition and future raises.
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Amedicine Hat College
Medicine Hat
Medicine
Hat College
Ralph Weeks
Alberta Advanced Education
Weeks
Tamara Polloway
Polloway
Dana Hicks
Hicks
Nathan Webb
Medicine Hat College
Lethbridge
Calgary
Drug lobby whitewash fuels Ottawa battle over patents
A draft report from the Commons industry committee on the Patent Act was gutted before a late April vote, removing more than a dozen changes amid Liberal influence. Critics say the watered-down report upholds 20-year patent protections benefiting drug firms, risking billions in Canadian costs over 20 years.
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Ottawa
New Democrat
John Solomon
Jean Chretien
Ken Rubin
Liberals
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