Afghanistan: The report ranks the social and economic well-being of elders in 91 countries, with Sweden coming out on top and Afghanistan at the bottom, according to CTV. "In 2011, an estimated five million Canadians were 65 years of age or older, a number that is expected to double in the next 25 years," the report said and The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study being issued Tuesday by the United Nations and an elder rights group. Canada is at fifth place. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Calgary Foundations Vital Signs: Despite weathering the costliest disaster in Canadian history, the city still earned a B-plus in the Calgary Foundations Vital Signs survey, according to 660 News. The poll measures citizen perceptions of 846 respondents from May to mid-July and combines it with expert research and Calgarys seventh annual report card is in and residents are giving the city a passing grade. Its an annual check-up that measures the vitality of our community and identifies significant trends. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

corporate income tax revenues: OTTAWA - Canada had bigger budget deficits in July and in the April-July period than it did in the same periods last year due to a sharp drop in corporate income tax revenues, which the government said would be reversed in August, according to Reuters. Revenues from corporate income taxes plunged 73.7 percent in July, down C$1.3 billion, "reflecting timing issues which lowered July revenues but are expected to raise August revenues," the government said and By Louise Egan The federal budget deficit widened to C$1.98 billion $1.92 billion in July, compared with a shortfall of C$1.35 billion in July 2012, the Department of Finance said on Friday in a monthly report. The government ran a C$158 million surplus in the month of June. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Diane Francis: That's the argument from pundit, author, HuffPost blogger and American-born dual citizen Diane Francis in her new book "Merger of the Century," and it's already starting plenty of conversation about the future of a North American union, according to Huffington Post. These "giant holding company" nations are "wolves at the door," Francis told CBC and It's time for Canada to merge with the United States. Francis' argument centres around what she sees as the threat posed by state-run economies such as China and Russia to Western prosperity. In her view, these nations are using a variety of nefarious means to buy up Western resources and corporations while barring such purchases in their own nations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

global study: The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study being issued Tuesday by the United Nations and an elder rights group. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Canada is at fifth place. A chart outlining the UNs social and economic well being rankings for those age 60 and over; The report ranks the social and economic well-being of elders in 91 countries, with Sweden coming out on top and Afghanistan at the bottom. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jorge Sosa Orantes: Jorge Sosa Orantes, 55, formerly of Lethbridge, Alta., faces up to 15 years imprisonment for making false statements on a 2008 application for U.S. citizenship, according to The Star. Sosa, who lived in Canada and acquired citizenship in this country before moving to California in 2007, fled the United States for Alberta in June 2010, when it became clear U.S. federal authorities were preparing for his arrest and A federal jury in Riverside, Calif., has issued a guilty verdict that will send a Canadian citizen and alleged Guatemalan war criminal to prison but not for war crimes. He is to be sentenced on Dec. 9. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Lawyer Sarah Khan: Lawyer Sarah Khan told the tribunal on Monday that the workplace, operated by Khaira Enterprises Ltd., was divided along racial lines. Black workers were forced to work on harder terrain than non-black employees, and the latter were given differential treatment, she said, according to Huffington Post. Khan also alleged that the workers lived in squalid conditions. They were given under cooked or expired food to eat, and were forced to drink untreated water from nearby streams and rivers. At night, they slept on dirty mattresses in a cramped storage container with no ventilation and inadequate showers, she said and VANCOUVER - A group of tree planters originally from Africa found living in deplorable conditions in a Golden, B.C., camp endured slave-like conditions because their employers discriminated against black people, a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal heard. Khan is representing 50 tree planters, many of whom were immigrants or refugees, and who she said were subjected to "extreme racial harassment," including racial slurs, verbal abuse, and mockery that were "consistent with slavery and anti-black racial segregation." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Senior deputy governor Tiff Macklem: Senior deputy governor Tiff Macklem said Tuesday that the central bank no longer expects the July-September period to grow at a rate of 3.8 per cent as previously forecast, according to Huffington Post. The Canadian dollar dipped on the news and closed down 0.21 of a cent at 96.85 cents US on Tuesday and OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has lowered its forecasts for economic growth in the second half of 2013 and possibly for next year, citing a more prudent consumer and an export sector that has yet to fully recover. Instead, the bank says the third quarter will likely show an economy that advanced at a more moderate pace of 2.0 per cent to 2.5 per cent, the same speed it now expects will continue in the fourth quarter. Previously, it had penciled in a 2.5 per cent expansion for the last three months of the year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

David Taras: If a Canadian government cant pass a budget it requires a vote of confidence, and a majority of the time, that means theres an election in the offing, according to 660 News. On immigration, on gun control, even on his ability to go to war, even now to get a budget ceiling, hes just immobilized, says Taras. The system is just broken and doesnt seem to be working and While the US government is paralysed in decision making capacity, our government has no such problems. Mount Royal Political Scientist David Taras tells 660News when a party wins an election in Canada it controls the agenda, but thats not the way it is in the States, especially for president Obama. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian Medical Association Journal: In an article in Monday's Canadian Medical Association Journal, the Toronto liver specialists say people born between 1945 and 1975 should be tested because the age group is thought to account for more than 75 per cent of all cases of hepatitis C infection in Canada, according to Huffington Post. "Baby boomers are much more likely to be infected with hepatitis C than other age groups," said co-author Dr. Jordan Feld, a liver specialist at Toronto Western Hospital and TORONTO - Canada should start screening a large segment of the population including all baby boomers for hepatitis C, says a group of doctors who treat the potentially deadly liver disease. Chronic infection with the blood-borne virus is a major cause of cirrhosis of the liver and the most common reason for liver transplantation in North America. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.