A Canadian baby is born every minute and 29 seconds, while a Canadian passes away every two minutes and 29 seconds. Given this trend of birth and deaths, Canada's population is expected to hit 33. 3 million by July 2008. For the Action Democratique du Quebec, the country's natural birth rate is not growing fast enough to spare the province from becoming a gray one. ACT believes a faster pace of economic growth can be achieved by Quebec if their women have more babies. ACT is suggesting at least two children per Quebec woman.

India's lucrative outsourcing sector is not limited to back office jobs. It is now emerging as a major supplier of "back bedroom jobs" as an infant outsourcing hub as well. According to the International Herald Tribune, reproduction is the newest addition to the Asian tiger's outsourcing industry. Couples from the United States and Europe are asking Indian women to serve as surrogate mothers, leading to a boom in the number of clinics offering the procedure.

A man was sentenced to five years of probation after a judge declared him guilty of posing as a lawyer in a law firm for two years, despite not having a law degree. Thirty-three year old Brian Valery was working for Anderson Kill & Olick as a paralegal, and earned more than $200,000 as an employee. He claimed that he was a graduate from the Fordham University Law School for his entire employment period.

The Swansea Crown Court in Wales has sentenced a production manager to a one year jail term after it found him guilty of lying that his daughter had "cancer" just to get two months leave of absence with full pay and entitlement to huge expense claims from his employer. Kevin Parry, 46, who admitted a total of 30 deception charges, was also ordered to pay back his employer and was asked to render 200 hours community work. He was likewise prohibited from applying for any job in the country for a period of two years.

A 28-year-old knife-wielding man held his job recruiter hostage his job recruiter in Quezon City, Philippines Monday after the recruiter refused to return the man's 87 cent registration fee. Gilmer Sacote of Quezon City, Philippines, accused his recruiter, the Triple 1 Manpower Agency of cheating him. Sacote held Ergie Arcala at knifepoint for four hours, after the latter refused to return the $0. 87 he paid the recruitment company as registration fee. It was found that the firm was the fifth recruitment agency Sacote had sought employment in six months.