Toronto – August 17, 2013 – The global youth unemployment rate, estimated at 12.6% or 73 million in 2013, has reached an alarming level. Secure, full-time, good jobs – once a norm for previous generations – are much less accessible to today’s youth.
Toronto – August 9, 2013 – The definition of "food insecurity" is inadequate or insecure access to food because of a lack of money to buy enough food to properly feed yourself or your family.
Toronto – July 28, 2013 – Canadian households spend on average about $7,700 a year on food expenditures. A number of factors influence the food we buy, where we eat it, and how it is prepared. In a recent survey, more than half of those surveyed reported they usually spent 15 minutes or less preparing dinner for themselves and their families because they were under time pressure.
Ottawa – July 25, 2013
National Net Debt: Combined Public and Private Sector Debt:
Out of 163 countries, 127 are net debtors while only 36 have a surplus (net debt is the total combined debt of a country’s public and private sectors, minus the debt owed to both sectors).
Ottawa – July 12, 2013
$11.8 billion
Estimated federal government spending cuts by 2014-15, due to the last three austerity budgets. [Source - Numbers in that blog are drawn from the Federal Budget 2013, pg. 298]
Toronto – June 26, 2013 – The Aboriginal peoples of Canada, as defined by the Constitution Act, 1982, comprise the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada. The Aboriginal population increased by 232,385 people, or 20.1% between 2006 and 2011, compared with 5.2% for the non-Aboriginal population. In 2011, the average age of First Nations people was younger than the non-Aboriginal population in every province and territory.
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