Category Archives: Labour
Senators question Freeland on transparency of aid package for troubled businesses
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pledging to fill a gap in the government's bid to bolster hard-hit businesses with rent relief, but she faced stern questions from senators about transparency.The House of Commons agreed last week to pass
Extra income support for hard-hit workers may not stick around post-pandemic, PM says
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the more generous benefits being provided to out-of-work Canadians during the pandemic shouldn't be seen as permanent changes to the social safety net. Millions of people have received emergency benefits sinc...
Federal government still working on investments in Fiat Chrysler, General Motors
OTTAWA — Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains says that the federal government is in the process of finalizing funding commitments to General Motors and Fiat Chrysler, after announcing a $295 million investment in Ford earlier thi...
President-elect’s long to-do list to include repairing damaged Canada-U. S. ties
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden's to-do list just got a whole lot longer — and it's a safe bet it now includes patching the holes in Canada's relationship with the United States. Biden has more pressing priorities to address
Ranks of long-term unemployed swell even as economy added 84,000 jobs in October
OTTAWA — Nearly one-quarter of unemployed Canadians have been without work for six months or more, with Statistics Canada reporting a spike in their numbers in October even as the economy eked out another month of overall job growth. Almost 450,000
Freeland grilled over cost of pandemic aid as House fast-tracks rent relief bill
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was grilled Thursday over the mounting cost of providing relief programs to help Canadians and businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic. During a four-hour question-and-answer session in the House of Commons,...
Liberals’ new aid bill faces calls for changes, and for a pause on business audits
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals' latest attempt at providing emergency aid for the country's hard-hit companies and their employees is facing demands for change from businesses and opposition MPs. The Liberals tabled a bill Monday that would extend the f...
Manitoba plans infrastructure protection law, private liquor and education reform
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is planning to prevent blockades of railways, roads and other infrastructure by making them a separate offence under provincial law. The government also revealed plans Monday to amalgamate collective bargaining by tea...
Firms with more robots also have more workers overall, Statistics Canada study says
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces. The findings released Monday show that over two decades, firms that automated some tasks had workforces 15 per cent l...
Conservatives must take inequality seriously, O’Toole says
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole took aim Friday at what he called financial elites, saying his own party needs to take inequality more seriously and to support ongoing emergency aid. He used the midday speech to a largely business audie...