Once at No. 6 in world ranking, ‘shockingly high’ death rate now puts Canada at No. 24, prompting urgent request to Health Minister.
Children and Youth, Family, Poverty Research, All of Canada
A study on family financial health in Canada shows that personal debt is an increasing problem. The study says that in 2009 the average household debt climbed to $96,100, creating a debt to income...
Debt and Consumer Law, Family, All of Canada
A couple of reports have looked at the links between income, women, and childcare in Canada.
Stats Canada just released a report that shows that a sizeable earnings gap exists between Canadian women...
Children and Youth, Family, Women, All of Canada
compassionate care, Disability, ei, Employment Insurance, Family, ill family member, Unemployment, All of Canada
CLEONet has two links to resources published by the Ontario Council of Associations Serving Immigrants (OCASI) about family sponsorship and what to do if the sponsorship breaks down if you are a...
Family, Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
Falling Fortunes project is a two-year national project which aims to identify strategies to improve the income and wages, including the living wage, of young families and their children. The Falling...
Children and Youth, Family, Poverty Research, All of Canada
Code Blue for Child Care, a national campaign to protect child care is accusing the Conservative government of abandoning child care. Code Blue has issued Harper and his government an "F" in three...
Children and Youth, Family, Organizing, British Columbia, All of Canada
A 150 page StatsCan report examines family income and low income in Canada (in PDF), and StatsCan's 'the Daily' reports highlights of selected sections of the full report.
Family, Poverty Research, All of Canada
The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada issued a press release of the announcement in February 2005 that most spouses and common-law partners of Canadian citizens and permanent residents...
Family, Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
Statistics Canada has released the low income cutoffs (LICOs) for 2003 and low income measures (LIMs) for 2001, before and after tax. LICOs are income thresholds, determined by analysing family...
Family, Government Policy, All of Canada
StatsCan's publication, The Daily, recently featured a story regarding the release of family income figures for the year 2000. "After-tax income rose for the fifth straight year in 2000 ... At the...
Family, Poverty Research, All of Canada
