Almost 25 per cent of Canadian households are paying 30 to 40 per cent of their income for housing. That percentage is a financial burden for households who live in the urban area.

"Breaking down barriers so newcomers can put their skills to work" is the new action plan of the Ontario McGuinty Government. On February 1, 2007, Ontario Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Mike Colle announced another investment to expand programs and services that will help internationally trained newcomers to work in their fields sooner.

The Statistics Canada study examines how differences in average productivity growth from 1997 to 2005 affected the relative levels of provincial labour productivity for the total economy.

The Registered Charities Newsletter-No.27 was recently released by the Canada Revenue Agency’s Charities Directorate.

Among other things the mandate for the Community Non-profit Task Force includes raising awareness and setting out the context of the sector, while also identifying strategies to enhance government relations.

During this holiday season many Canadians give to charities as an expression of the holiday spirit of goodwill. While the goodwill is genuine, some of the charities are not.

Management outsourcing seems to be the buzz in Ottawa for non-profits these days as more and more are turning to local companies for help with database management, event planning, year end finances, and even internal communications.

The annual survey of full and part-time federal government employees includes people who serve in the Canadian military or reserves, the RCMP and those working for non-profit organizations controlled by the government.