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CBC News, 16 November 2012

The federal government has cut 10,980 jobs as part of its bid to balance the budget, Treasury Board president Tony Clement said Friday.

As part of the cuts, 7,500 positions were eliminated through attrition, by cutting vacant jobs or not replacing people who left willingly, Clement said in a news release.

Excerpt from the Toronto Sun, 10 September 2012, Read full article here

OTTAWA - Successive federal governments have flushed billions of dollars in corporate handouts down the drain, leaving taxpayers paying the tab.

A report Monday by the right-leaning Fraser Institute that looked at Industry Canada handouts and so-called "repayable contributions" - known as loans to normal people - found that $13.7 billion has been doled out since 1982.

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Excerpt from CTV News, 22 August 2012

Former NDP leader Jack Layton is being remembered across the country today, on the one-year anniversary of his death.

Several events are planned in Toronto, where Layton spent many years as a city councillor before turning his attention to federal politics.

Excerpt from CBC News,13 August 2012

Canadians in lower income groups report poorer health than their wealthier counterparts, a poll for the Canadian Medical Association suggests.

The gap in self-reported health status between income groups seems to be growing, with 39 per cent of those whose households earned less than $30,000 a year describing their health as excellent or very good compared with 68 per cent of those earning $60,000 or more.

Harper Conservatives ignore economic warning signs as 1.4 million now jobless

A rising unemployment rate and job losses across the country are the latest evidence our economy is shakier than Conservatives claim, according to New Democrat Finance Critic Peggy Nash.

Latest numbers released by Stats Can show Canada was hit by the second worst monthly job losses since 2009. With over 50,000 people losing their jobs, and over 30,000 net jobs lost, our unemployment rate has now ballooned to 7.3%.