Report calls for government action on poverty.
A report released by the National Council of Welfare (NCW) on Sept. 18 paints a bleak picture of the challenges faced by Aboriginal children in Canada, and calls on all levels of government and society as a whole to do something about it. According to Dr. John...

The challenge of creating jobs.
MEETING IN THE CAPITAL of Trinidad and Tobago, the hemisphere's highest-level labor officials affirmed that "full and productive employment and decent work are central to sustainable social and economic development," and resolved to address challenges related to labor and employment in the context of globalization. The Fifteenth...

The gross prices of private fee-for-service psychiatric services under Medicare in six Australian regions 1984-2001.
The subsidies available for medical services under Australia's national compulsory and universal health insurance scheme (Medicare) exist to improve 'equality of access'. This study empirically analyses the gross prices in one medical industry, private fee-for-service (FFS) psychiatry, across six Australian regions. Quarterly time-series data on the average gross prices...

Recent C.D. Howe Institute Publications.
February 2007 Iacobucci, Edward M., Michael J. Trebilcock and Tracey D. Epps. Rerouting the Mail: Why Canada Post is Due for Reform. C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 243. February 2007 Cherniavsky, Ben and Benjamin Dachis. Excess Baggage: Measuring Air Transportation's Fiscal Burden. C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 242. January 2007 Payne,...

Police look to Native traditions to curb crime.
On Canada's largest reserve--all 180,000 hectares of it--the crime rate matches the size of the land. Blood Reserve police field about 720 calls a day and make 4,000 arrests each year. The force's eight holding cells are often full. "If I come into work and...

Survey: Educated jobless on decline.
Byline: Mahendra Kumar Singh NEW DELHI: The more you study, the better you are. Grandpa's classical wisdom may finally be coming true as indications are that unemployment rates among educated youth are either declining or stabilising after ballooning frighteningly during the initial years of liberalisation in the...

Economic calamity spawns opportunity: Washington: Bridgeport School District.
Responding to a local economic calamity, the Bridgeport School District in Bridgeport, Wash., and the local community formed a partnership to prepare students for work off the farms. This success story began in the late 1990s when the price of wheat and apples dropped, and unemployment rates...

Increasing unemployment with minimum effort.
ITEM: "In an election year," said the Christian Science Monitor for June 22, "it's a dream issue for the Democrats: The Republican-controlled Congress has not raised the federal minimum wage in nine years, despite strong public support for an increase." To Democrats, reports the paper, "it boils down to...

An analysis of joblessness in Australia.
Unemployment levels have been falling steadily in Australia for some time--yet, when 'hidden' unemployment is taken into account, the work force remains considerably under-utilised. As well, work opportunities are sharply polarised across households and spatially. These problems stem largely from structural imbalances and inefficiencies in the job market, which...

Culturally congruent strategies for addressing the behavioral needs of urban, African American male adolescents.
Urban, African American male adolescents experience disproportionately higher rates of discipline referrals, suspension, and expulsion, which have been attributed to numerous ecological factors, including cultural conflicts and misunderstandings between the student's culture of origin and school. Efforts to reduce discipline problems must recognize that a reciprocal relationship exists between...