Category Archives: Labour
Hollywood, foreign film productions reach record high in Canada in COVID’s first year
OTTAWA — When the pandemic first hit, the world shouted "cut." Cameras stopped rolling, film sets went black and stars with seven-figure salaries were sent back to their hotel rooms. But a report by the Canadian Media Producers Association on the
Unions look for details on federal budget pledge to ease access to training funding
OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Labour Congress expressed worries on Tuesday that labour groups could be left out of talks over a federal pledge to let workers access skills training programs before they become unemployed. Congress president Bea Brus...
Court rejects bid to ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region over labour concerns
OTTAWA — Activists concerned about forced labour have lost a court bid for a general ban on the Canadian importation of all goods from the Xinjiang region of China. The Federal Court has rejected their application to overturn a Canada Border
Alberta correctional peace officers can be exempted from clean-shaven requirement
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has changed a policy that required applicants seeking to become correctional peace officers to be clean shaven. The province says in a news release that officers were required not to have facial hair so
Jobless rate falls to record low as economy adds 72,500 jobs in March, StatCan says
OTTAWA — Canada's unemployment rate dropped to a record low last month as more people jumped into a hot labour market — and economists say the jobless rate could yet fall even lower. The March unemployment rate registered at 5.3 per
Liberals set to unveil 2022 federal budget that promises billions in new spending
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are set to unveil their latest spending plan today that aims to balance promises made to voters in last year's election campaign, in the pact with the NDP, and recently to Canada's global defence allies. Finance
B.C. makes changes to allow a single-step process for workers to unionize
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is making changes to the Labour Relations Code to allow a single-step process to certify a union when a majority of workers want to unionize. A statement from Labour Minister Harry Bains says the nature
Railing against soaring gas prices, Republicans in Congress cite Keystone XL decision
WASHINGTON — Republicans are doing their best to resurrect the controversy around the long-dead Keystone XL pipeline expansion, using it as an election-year political cudgel against Joe Biden in hopes of convincing voters that soaring gasoline prices a...
After two years of uncertainty, Liberals ready budget under shifting circumstances
OTTAWA — After two years of pandemic-induced uncertainty, the federal Liberals are getting ready to deliver an updated spending blueprint in a 2022 budget that, by all accounts, has been influenced by fast-changing circumstances. The result of a tumult...
Ontario promises October minimum wage increase to $15.50
TORONTO — Ontario's minimum wage is set to increase by 50 cents this fall, the Progressive Conservative government announced Tuesday, though the raise won't come until after the provincial election. The proposed wage increase to $15.50 per hour would ...