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Sat, 18 May 2013 23:28:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/want-to-help-the-poor-dont-waste-your-time-with-the-minimum-wage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/want-to-help-the-poor-dont-waste-your-time-with-the-minimum-wage/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:08:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=351663 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/want-to-help-the-poor-dont-waste-your-time-with-the-minimum-wage/feed/ 0 Stephen Gordon reviews the evidence on the minimum wage http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/05/diane-finleys-fun-with-statistics/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/05/diane-finleys-fun-with-statistics/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:18:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=346836 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/05/diane-finleys-fun-with-statistics/feed/ 0 While fighting misrepresentation, the minister plays with the numbers http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/poorism-the-new-tourism/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/poorism-the-new-tourism/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:50:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=333035 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/poorism-the-new-tourism/feed/ 0 Travellers help the homeless by signing up for tours of the rougher side of town http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/can-we-end-poverty-in-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/can-we-end-poverty-in-canada/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:18:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=315896 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/can-we-end-poverty-in-canada/feed/ 0 The Agenda considers poverty and Senator Hugh Segal’s proposal of a guaranteed annual income.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/09/good-news-bad-news-june-28-july-5-2012/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/09/good-news-bad-news-june-28-july-5-2012/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:10:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=271967 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/09/good-news-bad-news-june-28-july-5-2012/feed/ 0 Poverty down in Canada, Brodeur re-signs with Devils, and drownings mar Canada Day http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-at-200-still-the-best-weve-got-on-being-poor/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-at-200-still-the-best-weve-got-on-being-poor/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:46:06 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238312 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-at-200-still-the-best-weve-got-on-being-poor/feed/ 0 His way of forcing the reader to see and smell the squalor of 19th century England is still unmatched in its moral force http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/taking-better-care/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/taking-better-care/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:17:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229957 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/taking-better-care/feed/ 0 Paul Dewar talks to the Tyee. Poverty is best fought by making sure people... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/a-land-of-constant-complaints/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/a-land-of-constant-complaints/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:25:37 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213663 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/a-land-of-constant-complaints/feed/ 5 The country seems well, but corruption is rampant http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/17/down-and-out-in-london/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/17/down-and-out-in-london/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:00:23 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=209816 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/17/down-and-out-in-london/feed/ 0 Many of those struggling to get by in the British capital are former immigrants from Eastern Europe http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/07/good-news-bad-news-june-30-july-7-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/07/good-news-bad-news-june-30-july-7-2011/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:45:37 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=200891 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/07/good-news-bad-news-june-30-july-7-2011/feed/ 0 The Canadian military heads for the far North while Manitobans stare at a massive bill for flood cleanup. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/a-world-of-10-billion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/a-world-of-10-billion/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:15:49 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196403 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/a-world-of-10-billion/feed/ 10 Mass extinctions, water shortages, dwindling oil reserves, grinding poverty. Can the Earth sustain every one of us? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/the-liberals-walked-away-from-an-opportunity-to-throw-harper-out/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/the-liberals-walked-away-from-an-opportunity-to-throw-harper-out/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 21:02:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193408 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/the-liberals-walked-away-from-an-opportunity-to-throw-harper-out/feed/ 103 Former NDP MP Tony Martin looks back on his time in Ottawa. I thought... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/17/what-not-to-hide-in-your-wallet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/17/what-not-to-hide-in-your-wallet/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:25:38 +0000 Patricia Treble http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176673 British Columbia...: Among Canadians, those in the West Coast province are the most]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/17/what-not-to-hide-in-your-wallet/feed/ 0 British Columbia...: Among Canadians, those in the West Coast province are the most http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/25/my-excuse-was-youth-what%e2%80%99s-theirs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/25/my-excuse-was-youth-what%e2%80%99s-theirs/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:00:54 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=167600 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/25/my-excuse-was-youth-what%e2%80%99s-theirs/feed/ 23 Barbara Amiel on why mental illness can't be treated with legalities http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/idea-alert-41/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/idea-alert-41/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:44:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165585 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/idea-alert-41/feed/ 61 Further to the guaranteed income discussion, there is what Brazil has done to great... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/25/microfinance-meltdown/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/25/microfinance-meltdown/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:40:05 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=159447 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/25/microfinance-meltdown/feed/ 1 Microlending appears to be headed toward its own mini financial crisis. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/22/idea-alert-39/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/22/idea-alert-39/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:01:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=159365 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/22/idea-alert-39/feed/ 77 Erin Anderssen considers the merits of guaranteed income. Conservative Senator Hugh Segal, one of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/bill-gates-in-conversation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/bill-gates-in-conversation/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:17:20 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147659 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/bill-gates-in-conversation/feed/ 52 Including the huge textbooks, and why bad teachers have to go http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/24/payback-time-for-parents/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/24/payback-time-for-parents/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:20:52 +0000 Nancy Macdonald http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=133269 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/24/payback-time-for-parents/feed/ 19 A B.C. case is the thin edge of a growing trend: parents suing their adult children for support http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/23/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/23/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-2/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:46:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=122326 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/23/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-2/feed/ 96 Alex Himelfarb considers what we want, what we’ve got and what we need. Politicians... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/are-we-ready-to-lead/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/are-we-ready-to-lead/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:40:18 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=103055 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/are-we-ready-to-lead/feed/ 4 Making it work will take generations, not years http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/25/horror-in-haiti/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/25/horror-in-haiti/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:54:40 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=103079 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/25/horror-in-haiti/feed/ 12 Maclean's cover story: after the earthquake, the desperate fight for survival amid the ruins http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/20/idea-alert-9/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/20/idea-alert-9/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:04:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=88113 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/20/idea-alert-9/feed/ 132 Ed Broadbent suggests taxing the rich to fight child poverty. About 100,000 Canadians are... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/25/why-the-poor-aren%e2%80%99t-poorer-after-all/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/25/why-the-poor-aren%e2%80%99t-poorer-after-all/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:00:00 +0000 Tom Henheffer http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=4259 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/25/why-the-poor-aren%e2%80%99t-poorer-after-all/feed/ 2 The study says the consumption rate of the poor isn’t declining http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/reading-writing-and-radicalism/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/reading-writing-and-radicalism/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 12:20:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=3684 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/28/reading-writing-and-radicalism/feed/ 0 In Pakistan, 1,900 of 12,000 madrasas are female-only http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/18/ontario%e2%80%99s-big-poverty-plan-bill-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/18/ontario%e2%80%99s-big-poverty-plan-bill-ottawa/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:22:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=1226 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/18/ontario%e2%80%99s-big-poverty-plan-bill-ottawa/feed/ 21 The plan has hard targets, but where’s the money coming from? http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/27/define-poverty-seriously-do-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/27/define-poverty-seriously-do-it/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:14:59 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=14004 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/27/define-poverty-seriously-do-it/feed/ 92 Yesterday’s Toronto Star editorial notes a wonktastic OECD report, released last week, which shows... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/raising-pay-to-cut-poverty/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/raising-pay-to-cut-poverty/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=234 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/raising-pay-to-cut-poverty/feed/ 0 When government sets wages, funny things can happen http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/06/get-me-to-the-church-on-time-liveblogging-an-all-party-debate-on-poverty-and-inequality/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/06/get-me-to-the-church-on-time-liveblogging-an-all-party-debate-on-poverty-and-inequality/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:15:08 +0000 kadyomalley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=11657 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/06/get-me-to-the-church-on-time-liveblogging-an-all-party-debate-on-poverty-and-inequality/feed/ 34 Unlike certain political parties, ITQ will be heading to the Dominion Chalmers United Church... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/25/between-the-pundits-hungry-for-the-truth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/25/between-the-pundits-hungry-for-the-truth/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:18:23 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2460 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/25/between-the-pundits-hungry-for-the-truth/feed/ 0 I waded into the whole poverty statistics rigmarole a few months back, after a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/05/02/wake-us-up-when-we-get-to-the-third-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/05/02/wake-us-up-when-we-get-to-the-third-world/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 17:09:30 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=698 Must-reads: Dan Gardner on gas prices and climate change; ...Terence Corcoran on the income]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/05/02/wake-us-up-when-we-get-to-the-third-world/feed/ 0 Must-reads: Dan Gardner on gas prices and climate change; ...Terence Corcoran on the income