Category Archives: Labour
Statistics Canada rejigs low-income stats, showing growing poverty gap
OTTAWA — Canadians living well below the low-income threshold had fallen further behind in the years prior to COVID-19, based on updated poverty figures that experts say might get worse because of the pandemic. The figures from Statistics Canada show t...
Biden visits manufacturing heartland to curry favour with blue-collar voters
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden ventured into America's hard-hit manufacturing heartland Wednesday, promising a suite of Buy American tax credits and penalties to fortify his blue-collar bona fides and pry working-class votes away from Donald Trump — measu...
Workers groups mark Labour Day with push for changes in Liberals’ throne speech
OTTAWA — One of the country's largest labour organizations is launching a campaign to coincide with Labour Day to push the Trudeau Liberals for changes to the federal social safety net. The Canadian Labour Congress is hoping the government widens plann...
Canadian economy added 246,000 jobs in August, unemployment rate 10.2%
OTTAWA — The pace of gains in Canada's job market slowed in August, as Statistics Canada reported the economy added 246,000 jobs, and other data that experts say suggests billions in government benefits isn't stopping people from getting back into...
Premier’s office ‘confident’ temporary pandemic pay coming in October
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says temporary pandemic pay that was promised to essential workers in mid-May should be coming in October. The stipend was promised to about 250,000 frontline workers for work done between March and July and some workers...
Winnipeg school bus drivers threaten strike as classes set to begin
WINNIPEG — School bus drivers in Winnipeg's largest school division are planning to strike next week just as classes start in the city. Bea Bruske of the United Food and Commercial Workers says drivers are constantly facing higher demands with fewer
Tech group makes pitch to Liberals as part of wider push to shape recovery plan
OTTAWA — A group of tech companies is making a pitch to the federal government to help startups grow as part of a COVID-19 recovery plan that Liberals are crafting, while some feminist groups are feeling frozen out. The proposal from the
RCMP to respond to bullying review sparked by director facing security charges
OTTAWA — The RCMP says it is addressing "lessons learned" from the force's handling of employee complaints about bullying by a senior director who now awaits trial on national-security charges. The Mounties asked consultant Alphonse MacN...
Improve B.C. Workers’ Compensation Board medical care, communications: review
VICTORIA — A review of services offered to injured workers in British Columbia makes more than 100 recommendations to improve communication, care and individual services at the Workers' Compensation Board. Labour Minister Harry Bains released a report ...
Manitoba doubles subsidy as premier asks people to follow health rules
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government expanded a wage subsidy program Wednesday as the province's COVID-19 numbers continued to climb and Premier Brian Pallister urged people to take the pandemic seriously. "The consequences of our behaviour are real and ...