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Tue, 21 May 2013 21:54:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/canada-adds-12500-jobs-in-april-unemployment-rate-holds-steady-at-7-2-per-cent/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/canada-adds-12500-jobs-in-april-unemployment-rate-holds-steady-at-7-2-per-cent/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 12:57:38 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382497 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/canada-adds-12500-jobs-in-april-unemployment-rate-holds-steady-at-7-2-per-cent/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada’s economy managed to eke out a meagre 12,500 new jobs in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/fewer-jedi-knights-in-a-galaxy-not-so-far-away-statistics-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/fewer-jedi-knights-in-a-galaxy-not-so-far-away-statistics-canada/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 13:06:40 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381495 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/fewer-jedi-knights-in-a-galaxy-not-so-far-away-statistics-canada/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Strong, the Force is not. In Canada, at least. Once numbering in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/influx-of-christian-and-muslim-immigrants-changing-canadas-religious-makeup/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/influx-of-christian-and-muslim-immigrants-changing-canadas-religious-makeup/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:46:17 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381485 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/influx-of-christian-and-muslim-immigrants-changing-canadas-religious-makeup/feed/ 0 MONTREAL – Lonely, depressed and missing her family in the Philippines, Cosette Pena looked... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/aboriginal-populations-surge-while-language-wanes-new-census-replacement-shows/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/aboriginal-populations-surge-while-language-wanes-new-census-replacement-shows/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:44:02 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381483 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/aboriginal-populations-surge-while-language-wanes-new-census-replacement-shows/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Aboriginal peoples are gaining ground in Canada’s population, but they are losing... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/young-suburban-and-mainly-from-asia-canadas-immigrant-population-surges/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/young-suburban-and-mainly-from-asia-canadas-immigrant-population-surges/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:42:46 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381481 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/young-suburban-and-mainly-from-asia-canadas-immigrant-population-surges/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The debut of Canada’s controversial census replacement survey shows there are more... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/compare-voluntary-survey-with-mandatory-census-at-own-risk-statcan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/compare-voluntary-survey-with-mandatory-census-at-own-risk-statcan/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:38:49 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381478 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/compare-voluntary-survey-with-mandatory-census-at-own-risk-statcan/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The first pack of data from 2011′s National Household Survey comes with... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/number-of-people-on-ei-down-0-8-per-cent-in-november/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/number-of-people-on-ei-down-0-8-per-cent-in-november/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:16:42 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338943 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/number-of-people-on-ei-down-0-8-per-cent-in-november/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/04/canadian-unemployment-falls-40000-jobs-added-in-december/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/04/canadian-unemployment-falls-40000-jobs-added-in-december/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:58:18 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=333504 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/04/canadian-unemployment-falls-40000-jobs-added-in-december/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The Canadian economy created 40,000 jobs in December — all of it... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/canadian-economy-returns-to-growth-advances-0-1-per-cent-in-oct/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/canadian-economy-returns-to-growth-advances-0-1-per-cent-in-oct/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:21:11 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=331002 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/canadian-economy-returns-to-growth-advances-0-1-per-cent-in-oct/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the country’s economy returned to growth in October, although... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/13/new-house-prices-rose-0-2-per-cent-in-october/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/13/new-house-prices-rose-0-2-per-cent-in-october/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:19:40 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=327851 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/13/new-house-prices-rose-0-2-per-cent-in-october/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says its price index for new housing rose 0.2 per... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/economic-growth-slows-in-3rd-quarter-below-analyst-estimates/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/economic-growth-slows-in-3rd-quarter-below-analyst-estimates/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:00:03 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321778 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/economic-growth-slows-in-3rd-quarter-below-analyst-estimates/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the country’s economic growth rate slowed to 0.6 per... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/eastern-canadians-paying-more-for-gasoline-than-westerners/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/eastern-canadians-paying-more-for-gasoline-than-westerners/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:23:49 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=318681 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/23/eastern-canadians-paying-more-for-gasoline-than-westerners/feed/ 0 ALGARY – A study by Statistics Canada says gasoline prices in Central and Eastern... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/value-of-building-permits-down-13-2-per-cent-in-september/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/value-of-building-permits-down-13-2-per-cent-in-september/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:15:08 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=311313 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/value-of-building-permits-down-13-2-per-cent-in-september/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the value of building permits issued in September fell... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/statistics-canada-revises-over-30-years-of-economic-accounting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/statistics-canada-revises-over-30-years-of-economic-accounting/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:27:01 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=298540 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/statistics-canada-revises-over-30-years-of-economic-accounting/feed/ 0 Statistics Canada has revised three decades worth of data in its System of National... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/too-many-cops/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/too-many-cops/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:10:50 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210105 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/too-many-cops/feed/ 108 The crime rate is down but police forces are growing. We’re poorer as a result, but not necessarily any safer. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/16/that-census-debate-late-victorian-edition/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/16/that-census-debate-late-victorian-edition/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:28:18 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=138798 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/16/that-census-debate-late-victorian-edition/feed/ 0 The objections to the census on Biblical grounds are now a thing of the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/you-try-to-limit-the-amount-of-state-coercion-that-you-have/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/you-try-to-limit-the-amount-of-state-coercion-that-you-have/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:16:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=137633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/you-try-to-limit-the-amount-of-state-coercion-that-you-have/feed/ 0 While Tony Clement continues to try to defend his department’s census changes, Stephen Gordon... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/05/the-serious-trouble-of-sample-selection-bias/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/05/the-serious-trouble-of-sample-selection-bias/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:15:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=137078 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/05/the-serious-trouble-of-sample-selection-bias/feed/ 0 Stephen Gordon expands on his concerns about government changes to the census. The implications... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/02/let-us-now-argue-passionately-about-data-collection/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/02/let-us-now-argue-passionately-about-data-collection/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:51:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=136929 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/02/let-us-now-argue-passionately-about-data-collection/feed/ 61 The government has announced, on the grounds of “personal privacy,” a rather important change... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/31/the-insight-of-shelly-glover/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/31/the-insight-of-shelly-glover/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:27:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=118673 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/31/the-insight-of-shelly-glover/feed/ 99 CBC’s Power & Politics reported this evening—available at the 24:30 mark here—on a study... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/07/11/biz-fix-more-beer-money-and-fewer-tv-ads/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/07/11/biz-fix-more-beer-money-and-fewer-tv-ads/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:05:37 +0000 John Intini http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2958 In the money: ...Or at least that’s what Fox is hoping for this fall]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/07/11/biz-fix-more-beer-money-and-fewer-tv-ads/feed/ 0 In the money: ...Or at least that’s what Fox is hoping for this fall