Category Archives: Labour
Trudeau government considers legislative changes to make public service more diverse
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals are eyeing changes to the law governing public service hiring to help make federal departments and agencies more diverse. They also plan to do further research on the makeup of the federal public service and will
NDP warns of long delays in equal pay for women in federal pay equity rules
OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats say new rules to close a gender wage gap in federally regulated workplaces will take too long to make a difference. The government's pay equity regulations require the likes of banks and telecommunications companies t...
U.S. president signs executive order instituting stringent new Buy American regimen
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden imposed stringent new made-in-America rules for U.S. government spending Monday, adding a caveat likely troubling to Canada: exceptions to those rules will be allowed only under "very limited circumstances." Monday's B...
Military to support vaccination efforts in northern Ontario Indigenous communities
TORONTO — The Canadian military is set to help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution in northern Ontario, as officials investigate the death of a teenager who had the virus and worked at a long-term care home in the province's southwest. Federal Public
U.K. COVID-19 variant found at long-term care home in Barrie, Ont.
TORONTO — Health officials identified a U.K. variant of COVID-19 at a long-term care home reeling from a deadly outbreak in Barrie, Ont., Saturday as the province recorded a slightly lower daily virus case count. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit...
Navigating a toxic workplace is a risky and lengthy process, experts say
TORONTO — In the wake of Julie Payette's resignation from the role of governor general on Thursday after an investigation into harassment allegations, some Canadian workers may find themselves relating to the rank and file at Rideau Hall. In many cases...
Biden, PM chat; U.S., Canada have plenty of common ground to work with, Trudeau says
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's White House has a lot in common cause with Canada, Justin Trudeau said Friday as he urged people to look past the new U.S. president's decision to kill off the Keystone XL pipeline project. The two countries
Testing, sick leave, enforcement needed to slow workplace spread in Ontario: experts
TORONTO — As Ontario struggles to beat back a dire wave of COVID-19, workplace spread has been singled out by public health experts, mayors and top health officials as a major source of infections.Experts and workers say government measures so
Supreme Court won’t review ruling in favour of officer who refused to euthanize bears
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a lower-court ruling that was a victory for a conservation officer who refused to euthanize two bear cubs.Bryce Casavant was dismissed from his job for choosing not to shoot the
‘Gut punch’: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney blasts Biden on revoked Keystone XL permit
CALGARY — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is calling for the federal government to impose economic sanctions against the United States in response to newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden's "gut punch" decision to tear up the permit for the Keystone