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David Macdonald, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, pulled together some numbers after NDP aboriginal affairs critic Niki Ashton criticized the federal government for failing to keep track of unemployment on reserves each month. Ashton says the fact Statistics Canada does not conduct its monthly Labour Force Survey on reserves is " irresponsible" and a sign the federal government isn't trying to understand the vast economic issues facing First Nations. The only unemployment data available from Statistics Canada for reserves currently comes from the National Household Survey of 2011, which provides a snapshot of what the unemployment rate was during May 2011. Using the data available from the household and labour force surveys, Macdonald estimates Manitoba's unemployment rate would have been about 0.6 percentage points higher last month than the 5.2 per cent reported by Statistics Canada. The NHS in 2011 estimated the unemployment rate among all aboriginals - on and off reserve, including First Nations, Inuit and M�tis - in Manitoba was 13.8 per cent, compared to 6.2 per cent for the entire province. The NHS reported the unemployment rate on individual reserves is most often between 18 and 25 per cent. " We are actively excluding the poorest places in our country," said Macdonald. " It's a case of out of sight, out of mind." He estimated the unemployment rate nationally would increase 0.2 points, which he said is significant considering on- reserve residents account for one per cent of the Canadian population. Saskatchewan would be the most affected, with its unemployment rate rising 0.7 points. " When you look at unemployment rates, it looks like the Prairies are doing great," said Macdonald. " But you get a very distorted view of what the number is. It's not a fair reflection of what is really going on." Statistics Canada says the agency doesn't collect data on reserves because it is too expensive. " Indian reserves have been excluded from the Labour Force Survey ( LFS) due to the serious challenges in contacting and interviewing potential respondents," said a Statistics Canada spokeswoman, in an email to the Free Press . " Many live in remote locations not easily accessible to LFS interviewers and given the short data collection period each month and the large effort and cost associated with travelling to these locations, the LFS is not collected on reserves." Employment Minister Jason Kenney said Statistics Canada has never done the survey on reserves because of practical challenges. " I have raised this with Statistics Canada and have asked that it come up with suggestions on how it can get better labour market information from reserves, because we do know that unemployment rates are typically far too high on aboriginal reserves," Kenney said in question period Monday. " That is why our government has invested record amounts in skills development and job- training programs for aboriginal people so as to ensure that they can benefit in Canada's prosperity." mia. rabson@ freepress. mb. ca Excluding reserves from survey skews jobless rate: economist By Mia Rabson OTTAWA - The federal government has so far spent almost $ 700,000 fighting a disgruntled group of wounded Canadian veterans of the Afghan war in court - a revelation that on Wednesday rekindled a political controversy the Conservatives had hoped was behind them. During question period, Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to cast the ongoing court battle as the legacy of a flawed policy that was foisted on Parliament nine years ago by Paul Martin's Liberal government. " The government is defending a decision of the previous government, supported by all parties in the House of Commons," Harper said. " Since the previous government imposed the new veterans charter, it has enhanced veterans services and programs by some $ 5 billion." The $ 700,000 figure was contained in a response to a question posed by the Opposition. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau used the cost to demand in the House the lawsuit be dropped. Liberal veterans critic Frank Valeriote described the government's response as " hypocrisy." " It is not the new veterans charter that is the problem, it's adequency of the funding given to those programs and the sufficiency of the awards given to our veterans through the application of the charter," Valeriote said. The ex- soldiers are plaintiffs in a lawsuit in B. C. Supreme Court, calling the charter discriminatory under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it does not provide the same level of benefits and support as the old pension system. - The Canadian Press Ottawa spends $ 700K to fight vets A_ 08_ Jan- 29- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A8 1/ 28/ 15 9: 02: 59 PM ;