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	<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca</link>
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		<title>This is what I fear&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is what I&#8217;ve been fearing all along that this country is heading towards:
Conservatives accused of ‘willfully ignoring’ contraception research
Globe and Mail 
Jack Layton accused Stephen Harper today of adopting a “no-condoms-for-Africa strategy” for the government’s signature initiative at this summer’s G8 summit.
The NDP Leader said it was “incredible” that “the Foreign Minister is going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/this-is-what-i-fear/</link>
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		<title>BC’s First time home buyers shrinking, prices too high</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ipsos Reid release &#8211; Gradually being pushed back out by climbing housing prices, the wave of first-time buyers which characterized the market in the first half of 2009 is dwindling. Currently among home buyers, three-in-ten (29%) are first-time buyers, gradually trending down from nearly four-in-ten (38%) at the same time in 2009. Compared to late [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/bc%e2%80%99s-first-time-home-buyers-shrinking-prices-too-high/</link>
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		<title>Housing affordability continues to melt, especially in BC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RBC Economies release &#8211; British Columbia once again posted some of the country&#8217;s largest increases in homeownership costs in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the latest housing report released today by RBC Economics. (full report)
The RBC Housing Affordability measures for B.C. rose 1.0 percentage point for detached bungalows and 0.8 percentage points for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/housing-affordability-continues-to-melt-especially-in-bc/</link>
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		<title>Poll says discrimination dropping in Canada&#8230;. REALLY?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why don&#8217;t I feel the same way this poll suggests? I&#8217;ve never felt such a strong sense of mutual racial dislike over my 26 years living in Canada. If the poll talks about &#8220;feelings&#8221; of racism of the respondents, then my &#8220;feelings&#8221; of racism has never been higher ever since the Tories took office. And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/poll-says-discrimination-dropping-in-canada-really/</link>
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		<title>Censorship, Canadian (conservative) style</title>
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Talking about censorship&#8230; China? Small potato. This IS how western &#8220;democracy&#8221; works.
Climate-change scientists feel ‘muzzled’ by Ottawa: documents
Montreal Gazette &#8212; A dramatic reduction in Canadian media coverage of climate change science issues is the result of the Harper government introducing new rules in 2007 to control interviews by Environment Canada scientists with journalists, says a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/censorship-canadian-conservative-style/</link>
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		<title>Photo &#8211; Big women pageant in China</title>
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A special beauty contest for chubby women held in Shenyang, China. 40 women participated. (Xinhua)

	Tags: photo
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		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/photo-big-women-pageant/</link>
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		<title>Vancouver&#8217;s visible minority population to double in 2031: StatCan</title>
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Latest release from Statistics Canada:
The visible minority population of the census metropolitan area (CMA) of Vancouver could more than double from 910,000 in 2006 to just over 2 million by 2031, according to new population projections.
The main factor would be immigration, as well as fertility.
During the same period, the rest of Vancouver’s population is expected [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/vancouvers-visible-minority-population-to-double-in-2031-statcan/</link>
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		<title>[Letter] Roadmap to a balanced budget: Maximizing government efficiency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As outlined in Budget 2010: Leading the Way on Jobs and Growth, our Government has a clear three-point plan to return to a balanced budget.  First, we will wind down as planned the temporary measures in the Economic Action Plan. These investments are protecting and creating jobs now.  Second, we will take action [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/letter-roadmap-to-a-balanced-budget-maximizing-government-efficiency/</link>
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		<title>Photos &#8211; Nude on Snow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting scenes from Changchun, China where the local skiing season is closing with a &#8220;Crazy Nude on Snow Festival&#8221;. Photos by Xinhua, Mar 6, 2010.






	Tags: China, photos
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		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/photos-nude-on-snow/</link>
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		<title>Lack of multicultural elements in opening, closing ceremonies?? Want to hear from you.</title>
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Recently my friend Rattan Mall of the Indo Canadian Voice phoned me up to ask me what kind of responses the Chinese community has over the lack of multicultural representation in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympic.
I told him, other than what Mr Tung Chan of SUCCESS told the Vancouver Sun in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chineseinvancouver.ca/2010/03/lack-of-multicultural-elements-in-opening-closing-ceremonies-want-to-hear-from-you/</link>
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