Goar Is Right and It Is Shameful But......

...while jobless rates are hovering around 10% the reality is 90% of the workforce are still collecting a pay cheque and a good portion of that cheque goes to three levels of government that, as a rule, are wasteful. How many hungry people would the current funding feed......
Raj: Groups say gvt not funding culture, diversity

The two faces of Toronto's recession
Carol Goar

Go to any popular restaurant on a Friday night, count the number of Audis and BMWs in a downtown parking lot or try to book tickets for the Toronto International Film Festival and you'll wonder if the city ever really went through a recession.

But visit one of Toronto's 160 food banks or 27 unemployed workers' centres and you'll see how badly the downturn has hurt – and continues to hurt – thousands of families.

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