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Civil society cautiously optimistic of federal budget
Civil society groups are welcoming federal budget with cautious optimism while insisting that more needs to be done to undo damage from Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decade in power. “This budget provides something that’s been missing for a long
Hopeful Signs For Pipelines
By Jared Milne At first glance, pipelines to get Alberta’s oil to market seem as stalled as ever. Many people across Canada don’t seem to think the advantages of pipelines are worth the environmental risks they’re worried about. As I’ve
TFWP review: Listen to Canadian workers, not just businesses – labour group
The Federal Government must listen to working Canadians, not just employers and their lobbyists when they review the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the Alberta Federation of Labour said today in response to Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk’s
CFL under fire for violating labour law by replacing workers with unpaid interns
The Canadian Football League has come under fire for replacing graphics designers and web developers with unpaid interns who are only given a nominal honourarium. The league’s hiring practices came to light after a fan posted the job advertisement on
Realtors cashing in on Canada’s housing affordability crisis, reports show
Realtors are earning record profits from surging house prices contributing to the nation’s housing affordability crisis reaching “dangerous” levels, two recently released reports show. Operating revenue for the real estate agents and brokers industry group grew 10.8% from 2013 to
“Deviant” sexual behaviours common in general population, study finds
Sexual interests and behaviours considered anomalous in psychiatry are common in the general population, according to a study published in The Journal of Sex Research. The study of 1,040 Quebeckers found that nearly half of all sample subjects engaged in
Help small businesses instead of Bombardier
By Richard Koss According to recent reports, there are expectations from the Quebec government and from Bombardier that the federal government will match Quebec’s contribution to Bombardier of $1 billion. That’s $2 billion of taxpayers’ money going to a company
McIver mocked for blaming NDP over McDonald’s self-service kiosks
Alberta Tory interim leader Ric McIver has become a target of derision after blaming Alberta’s NDP government’s minimum wage policy for McDonald’s installing touchscreen self-service order kiosks across the province. “4 less AB jobs due to #NDP minimum wage policy,”
Media, Parliament, big corporations least trusted by Canadians
By Leila Lemghalef A Statistics Canada study of public confidence in Canadian institutions during 2013 and 2014, released this morning, reveals that only a minority of Canadians trust media, Federal Parliament, and major corporations. The findings show that 40 per
Four-in-five Canadians favour allowing physician-assisted suicide in Canada
Four-in-five Canadians (79%) favour allowing physician-assisted suicide in Canada under the conditions stipulated by the Supreme Court of Canada, with only 15% being against the move, a new Canada-wide Insights West poll has found. In February, the Supreme Court ruled