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Idle No More

Idle No More: The concerns raised by the Idle No More movement are complex and mired in historical complications, but one fact is simple: All Canadians not only those having indigenous status or who live on reserves bear the tremendous cost of our unrealized national potential. According to the Centre for the Study in Living Standards , the cumulative economic benefit of closing the education and labour market gap between native and non-native youth by 2026 would be $400.5-billion in additional output. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Aboriginal baby boom sees young, surging population Canadians should thank the Idle No More movement for bringing critically important social justice, environmental and economic issues to our collective attention. To borrow the words of an Idle No More protester: These arent aboriginal issues, these are Canadian issues. Leadership Why is common sense so uncommon? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.