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Canadian-born David Card among 3 winners of Nobel in economics

A Canadian is among the three U.S.-based economists awarded the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do not lower pay for native-born workers, challenging commonly held ideas.Göran K. Hansson, permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, centre,…

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David Fisman resigns from Ontario’s COVID-19 science table, alleges withholding of ‘grim’ fall projections

One of Ontario’s most vocal epidemiologists has resigned from the province’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, alleging the group has delayed publication of its pandemic projections for the fall due to political interference — a charge the table has denied.Epidemiologist David Fisman has resigned from his position on Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. (Ousama Farag/CBC)One of Ontario’s most…

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