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How will changes to the Canadian census affect our understanding of unpaid women’s work? Women fought for a long time to include questions in the census that would help us understand how women’s unpaid work at home contributes in an essential way to our economy. Several recent commentaries examine the impacts of the census changes on women.

Census change devalues women's unpaid work (Antonia Zerbisias) (The Star)

Why won't feds count at-home mothers? (Elsie Hambrook) (The Telegraph-Journal)

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