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British Columbia is experiencing robust growth, reflecting solid gains in many sectors of our economy, continued strength in the housing market and stronger retail sales. In June, the province's unemployment rate hit a 30-year low and economic growth is expected to be more than three per cent this year and next. With this government committed to creating more jobs per capita than anywhere else in Canada, immigration remains a key source for labour force growth in this province.
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Everyone will get a budget consultation paper, which had also been printed in Punjabi and Chinese, in their house that they can fill up and send back to the government about what they think should be the government's priorities in formulating the next budget.
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The ONLY Liberal federal minister who had the guts to openly challenge his government's panicky state after 9/11 and challenge the unreasonable stringency of the infamous Anti-Terrorism Act in 2001 in spite of pressure from then prime minister Jean Chretien was an Indo-Canadian: HERB DHALIWAL.
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RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli, who apologized to Maher Arar and his family at a parliamentary committee hearing on Wednesday, admitted that a special investigative team formed after 9/11 did NOT have proper experience and training in national security investigations, including "the area of information sharing with the Americans."
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Such is the bias and hypocrisy of the white RCMP bosses that Federal Court of Canada Justice John O'Keefe in a decision reported this week by The Globe and Mail newspaper ruled that the RCMP Commissioner acted in a "PATENTLY UNREASONABLE" manner for firing Gill. He said Zaccardelli must reconsider his decision. The judge found that there was a breach of "procedural fairness" owed to Gill.
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Lata Pada, who lost her husband and two daughters in the horrendous Air India Flight 182 bombing over the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985, in which all 329 passengers and crew were killed, criticized the RCMP and CSIS for their incompetence and noted the unjust treatment Maher Arar had received at their hands. She doubted these agencies had learned anything since 1985.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf demonstrated the mettle that keeps him alive and in power in Pakistan during his visit to the United States this week. He gave it back to his critics - in Canada, the United States and Afghanistan - good and hard. He was clearly the winner - whether you agree with him or not.
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The first phase - from first arrivals till 1947 - was a valiant struggle for survival in Canada by our pioneers. They faced insurmountable challenges. Institutionalized racism, the Exclusion Act, the Komagata Maru, attempts at extradition to British Honduras and denial of the basic right to vote were some of the huge challenges faced by our ancestors. Their lives were complicated further by utterly discriminating treatment with respect to housing, job opportunities, civil rights and immigration.
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According to medium-growth scenarios of Statistics Canada's most recent demographic projections, the number of deaths would exceed the number of births by around 2030. At that point, net international migration would become the only factor in Canada's population growth.
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British Columbia posted a population growth rate (12.3 per 1,000) higher than the national average in 2005/2006 and reached just over 4,310,500. This was notably the result of gains in international migration, which accounted for 72.1% of its total growth.
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Raj Chouhan, MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds, said on Friday that the Ministry of Community Services had finally agreed to change the policy related to debt unfairly accrued under a federal-provincial spousal immigration policy.
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CBSA SEIZES 80 KG OF COCAINE
FUNDRAISER FOR ARYA SAMAJ CENTRE
RAYMOND CHAN SLAMS CONSERVATIVE M.P. FOR RACIST COMMENTS
FEDERAL LIBERALS: JASON KENNY MUST RESIGN FOR MISLEADING HOUSE
OCTOBER IS ZERO CRASH MONTH
BRITISH COLUMBIANS TO HELP SHAPE FUTURE OF HEALTH
NURSES CONCERNED ABOUT 'CONVERSATION ON HEALTH'
FLU SHOT CLINICS WILL START ON NOVEMBER 6
FEDERAL BUDGET: CONSERVATIVES CUT 'WASTEFUL' PROGRAMS
LIBERALS: CONSERVATIVE CUTS HURT AVERAGE CANADIANS
HEDY FRY DROPS OUT, SUPPORTS BOB RAE
KWANTLEN EXPANSION CREATES STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
NDP: NEEDS GO BEYOND KWANTLEN EXPANSION
NEW INITIATIVE TO HELP EMPLOYERS GAIN THE EDGE
HARRY BAINS HOLDS FIRST TOWN MEETING
JAGRUP BRAR: LIBERALS OVERPAID CONTRACTORS
CANADIAN RED CROSS: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 'MELS'
NDP: CAMPBELL MISREPRESENTING HEALTHCARE REPORT
LOCAL TAX OFFICIALS TO VISIT DELTA-AREA BUSINESSES
CHICKENPOX CATCH-UP VACCINE CAMPAIGN
TB VETS FOUNDATION RAISES OVER $13,000
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
NDP: GOOD GOVERNMENT REQUIRES MORE TRANSPARENCY
MORE CANADIANS MOVING AROUND
VANCOUVER: APPLICATIONS FOR YOUTH POLITIK
VANCOUVER: REPORT FINDS SOME CONCERNING TRENDS
A B.C. FIRST AT SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
SURREY: TREES PLANTED AT SCHOOL ON 'MAPLE LEAF DAY'
SURREY: LEADERSHIP ROLE AT BIG CITY MAYORS' CAUCUS
HUMAN RIGHTS: A BALANCING ACT
GREEN PARTY LEADERSHIP RACE
NDP: WORKERS FACE BAD ODDS IN THE FORESTS
LIBERALS: COSERVATIVES MISUSING GOVERNMENT WEBSITES
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I just received a job offer, after months of searching for work. I accepted the position, of course, and am expected to start in two weeks. When I think about my upcoming first day, I feel very anxious, even though I must have been the best candidate, having gone through three rounds of interviewing. What can I do to prepare for my first day? How can I shine on the job even while I'm adjusting to the new workplace?
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(This is from The VOICE of October 1, 2005)
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