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Canada's Billionaires Add $63.5B In Wealth As 20% Of Low-Income Jobs Vanish

Canada faces the spectre of "the greatest increase in inequality on record" amid soaring investments and disappearing jobs, Oxfam says.
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Women Shut Out Of Canada's Surprisingly Strong Job Growth

Economists are warning that December could be an ugly month for jobs in Canada.
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'But Is She Qualified?' How The Merit Myth Holds Back Women In Politics

The all-too-familiar message to women seeking high office: no matter what you accomplish, it will never be enough.
By Susan Franceschet, Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary, The Conversation

Is CERB Killing The Recovery? The Arguments For And Against

Businesses say they’re struggling to hire because of CERB. The program’s defenders say things would be much worse without it.
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Canadian Women Now Bringing Home Nearly As Much Bacon As Men: CIBC

Women now control $2.2 trillion in wealth in Canada, and that is expected to grow by 70 per cent over the next decade.
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Playing Computer Games Might Boost Math Scores ... For Boys, Anyway

Up to a third of the gender math gap could be due to online gaming, according to new Canadian research.
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Canadian Men Are Doing More Chores — Just Not As Often As Women

Women spend an hour more on housework every day, new data shows.
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The 'Dream Gap' Stands Between Every Girl And Her Full Potential

All too often they are held back by harmful gender norms, discrimination and lack of access to rights.
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Reducing Gender Gap Would Give Canada's Economy A $150-Billion Boost

If we closed it entirely, we'd get $450 billion.
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Gender Gap In Tech: A Stumbling Block For Digital Economy

With the advent of mobile based technologies, it is astounding how low female labor force participation remains.
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