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Alberta Premier Jim Prentice’s budget decision to cut $6 million in funding to apprenticeships killing 6,000 apprentice jobs is an attempt to promote the temporary foreign worker program, according to labour groups. Prentice, who slashed the funding for apprenticeships by…
A royalty miscalculation by Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservatives robbed the province of $13.5 billion, according to a University of Alberta study . Alberta introduced new royalty formulas in 2009, expecting to collect an additional $2 billion per year in royalties,…
A Toronto law firm has commenced a $2 billion class action lawsuit against Loblaws Companies Limited, Loblaws Inc, and Joe Fresh Apparel Canada Inc., on behalf of the victims of the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh…
By Rathika Sitsabaiesan , NDP MP, Scarborough—Rouge River, ON [Photo Credit: Pirate Party of Canada ] 12 Canadian privacy commissioners have publicly criticized Bill C-51, but not one privacy commissioner was invited to appear before the Standing Committee on Public…
By Elizabeth May , Leader, Green Party and MP for Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC This is not an ordinary debate, this is not an ordinary bill, and this is not about politics any more. This is about the soul of the…
The federal government’s 2015 budget puts millions of seniors at risk of poverty, abandons families in need of affordable child care and quality public health care, and fails to create good jobs and spur economic growth while maintaining unreasonably low…
A British Columbia First Nations woman who lead her community in defeating one of the largest proposed gold and copper open pit mines in Canada has won the world's largest international prize for grassroots environmental activists, awarded by the Goldman…
Canadian uranium could end up in Indian nuclear weapons triggering a new arms race between India and Pakistan, according to about 200 international experts and delegates of the World Uranium Symposium who denounced the Canada-India uranium deal signed on the…
By Professor Mark Boyce , Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Hunters and anglers are the primary stimulus for conservation in North America. We support conservation more than any other interest group, and most conservation programs in North…
By Michael Nabert Having the first and only Prime Minister in Canadian history to be found in contempt of Parliament running the country seems a lot like having a daycare run by someone publicly proud of the fact that they…