EI in context

I just read Statistics Canada’s new Employment Insurance Claimant report covering November 2008.   The number of regular EI beneficiaries increased in all jurisdictions compared with a year earlier. Ontario (+28.2%), British Columbia (+24.6%), Nunavut (+21.9%) and Yukon (+21.3%) posted the largest…

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Whither UNB?

It will be interesting to see who gets chosen to lead UNB.  I agree with Anthony Knight about the importance of that position and that institution. However, I continue to be an unapologetic one-trick-pony and I am a little disappointed…

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