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Austerity Measures

Why Canada's Definition of Austerity Is All Wrong

David Gratzer | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada Business
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David Gratzer

Government program spending is still growing from sea to sea. Virtually every government in Canada is spending more in current dollars from one year to the next. Many are spending more in inflation-adjusted dollars, too. If they aren't, they're generally coming pretty close.

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A Thousand Cuts: How Austerity Is Changing The Way We Live

Posted 07.13.2012 | Canada Business
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WASHINGTON -- In early 2011, Elizabeth Miller, a bus driver for the Port Authority in Pittsburgh, received notice that she would be laid off in 60 day...

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Government Cutbacks Will Kill Millions Of Jobs This Year: UN Agency

CP | The Associated Press | Posted 06.30.2012 | Canada Business
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GENEVA - Global unemployment will hit 202 million this year, or 6.1 per cent, as debt-driven austerity measures hammer job markets and threaten to dri...

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