March 2012

Can someone explain?

I’m offended as anyone else at the robocalls scandal, but this picture, put up recently by Saskboy and apparently influenced by the, erm, objective website Rabble.ca, deserves some explanation before…

Below 40% of the Unemployed Get EI

Statistics Canada reported today that 12,400 more Canadians received Employment Insurance (EI) regular benefits in January. The increase in recipients reflected higher unemployment. Indeed, the proportion of jobless workers receiving…

Spring quiz

Links at the end. No peeking. DawgPoints for commenters who are brave enough to post guesses without. Who wrote these descriptions and about whom?* He did every telephone call in…

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