By the Numbers: Women in Canada

17.4 million women and girls live in Canada

1 in 5 women and girls were born outside of Canada

8.1 million (58.3%) women were employed in 2009

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Thomas Mulcair meets with UFCW Canada Activists in Saskatchewan

UFCW Canada Local 1400 recently hosted a luncheon at its Education Centre in Saskatoon to introduce local union activists to New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership candidate Thomas Mulcair, who was officially endorsed by the union earlier this year.

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House supports Shannen's Dream

While she did not live to see it, Shannen Koostachin's dream of safe and decent schools for First Nations students has moved closer to reality after a unanimous vote on February 27 by the House of Commons calling on the government to provide increased funding to reserve schools to bring them up to the same standards as publicly funded schools in the provincial system.

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Migrant Workers Family Support Fund surpasses $105,000 for Hampstead tragedy families

TORONTO,ON - March 1, 2012 - A special assistance fund created in response to the recent Hampstead, Ontario tragedy that killed eleven workers and left three others seriously injured has now surpassed the $105,000 mark.

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