"...the report tells us something is desperately wrong in the world of work and wages..."
Yeah, it tells us that Stats Canada workers want more money and are set to go on strike.
What's that old lefty mantra about the "owning the means of production".
Here they are...trying to increase their profits.
"The Census number that most accurately captures the economic wellbeing of Canadians is family incomes."
Why is that? It fits his agenda? Possibly Master Terrence will reveal the full story. How many families are two income earners now compared to 1980 or whenever? How much (day care etc.) does that cost? Tell us TC, are family incomes up because it now takes two to provide when it only took one years ago?
Oh look, a poll at the Globe and Mail.
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"Do you feel financially better off today than 10 years ago?"
Maybe if those younsters had taken degrees in something useful, like business, instead of the artsy degrees they could find jobs.
Posted at 2008-05-02 21:19:03 [PermaLink]Terence Corcoran is the same one that denounced Daniel Stoffman, author of 'Boom Bust & Echo' and 'Who Gets In', as a Marxist for extrapolating from Borjas’s analysis in 'Heaven’s Door' to estimate that Canadian immigration policy lowers native wages and results in an annual transfer of CDN$30.7 billion from the poor to the rich. And then TC rolls out this gibberish that family incomes actually increased. Too funny.
Posted at 2008-05-03 00:25:53 [PermaLink]Hunter makes a good point. Grads of community colleges like Mohawk have a high placement percentage. No degrees; just diplomas with solid employment opportunities.
Posted at 2008-05-03 07:07:50 [PermaLink]It's not rocket science. Last I looked there weren't many 'women's studies' factories open. Not many people paying contractors to tell them about 'social justice and peace studies'. I know from experience, I did my undergrad in history and political science but knew that if I wanted to get a career I'd have to go to grad school, and that's what I did and am now gainfully employed. Most undergraduate degrees are useless without some type of post-grad diploma or certificate.
Posted at 2008-05-03 07:34:49 [PermaLink]Sigh... A popular culture degree just doesn't get you as far as it used to...
Posted at 2008-05-03 08:09:45 [PermaLink]"Armed with a sociology degree from Carleton University"
Don't bring a knife to a gunfight lady.
"Ms. Macpherson, about to turn 22, has just completed a film, communications and popular culture degree at Brock University,"
Now what if she was a software engineer or an electrician? Just asking.