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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
World’s richest 10% produce half of carbon emissions, poorest half just a tenth
The world’s richest 10 percent produce around half of all emissions while the poorest half of the world’s population – 3.5 billion people – is responsible for just a tenth of all carbon emissions, despite being the most threatened by
Many Canadians struggling to pay bills and plan for retirement
By Leila Lemghalef Close to a third of Canadians struggle to make ends meet and are not saving for retirement, according to the latest Canadian Financial Capability Survey Managing Money and Planning for the Future. Too few Canadians are creating
Alstar under investigation for abusing TFW program leaving worker $10k out of pocket
An Alberta-based oilfield contractor is under investigation by the federal government after a temporary foreign worker (TFW) accused the company of violating program regulations. The allegations against Alstar Oilfield Contractors has only worsened following our initial article confirming the Alberta
