As we trudge along towards an expected fall election, the race is on to gain votes from the “middle class”. In the midst of an economic downturn, both the New Democratic Party (NDP) and Liberals…
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Tag: National Household Survey
Third Opinion: “Visible minority,” really?
Much of the commentary following the release of the National Household Survey on May 8 may have missed the point: that Canada’s population today is very different from 50 years ago. And, unless there are…
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Canada continues to be a settler society
If you have not been watching MTV lately, the data from the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) released by Statistics Canada would have come as a shock. Especially if you haven’t stepped out of Atlantic…
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