Category Archives: Labour
Quebec, Ontario ask Ottawa to intervene in Montreal port strike, now in week two
MONTREAL — The Quebec and Ontario governments are asking Ottawa to intervene in the Montreal port strike, which entered its second week Monday. If it drags on, the shutdown will harm Eastern Canada's economy and erode the competitiveness of a...
‘Why not us?’: Asylum seekers on COVID-19 front lines demand permanent residency
MONTREAL — Doll Jean Frejus Nguessan Bi says he couldn't sleep at all last night. The asylum seeker from Ivory Coast works as a security guard in hospitals and long-term care homes in the Montreal area, where he watched many of
Manitobans losing sight of fundamentals in COVID-19 fight: chief doctor
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's chief public health officer says people are losing sight of the fundamentals that previously kept the number of COVID-19 cases low in the province, as a cluster connected to a pork-processing plant grows larger. The province ...
Asylum seekers on front lines of COVID-19 to have chance at permanent residency
MONTREAL — Asylum seekers working on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis are getting an early chance at permanent residency in Canada, but some advocates say the government's plan will leave thousands of workers on the sidelines. Immigration Mi...
Quebec farms facing lost profits and rotting harvests due to migrant worker shortage
MONTREAL — Nineteen-year-old Florence Lachapelle was among hundreds of Quebecers who tried their hand at planting seeds and harvesting produce this summer, replacing migrant workers who were unable to leave their countries because of the COVID-19 pande...
CRA launches updated CEWS calculator ahead of applications opening Monday
OTTAWA — The federal government has launched an updated calculator to help employers estimate what help they might receive from the next phase of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy. The calculator opened today on the CEWS website ahead of the ...
Ottawa sets minimum unemployment rate at 13.1 per cent for EI calculation
OTTAWA — The federal government has temporarily set a minimum unemployment rate of 13.1 per cent to calculate employment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those people living in regions with an unemployment rate lower than that threshold...
Freeland urges restraint with expenses following Rideau Hall renovations
OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says public office holders should be mindful of how they spend taxpayer dollars, following a report on Rideau Hall renovations. The CBC reported Thursday that hundreds of thousands of dollars have b...
Statistics Canada says country gained 419,000 jobs in July
OTTAWA — Racialized workers had an unemployment rate more than one-and-a-half times white workers last month, jobs data released Friday showed, as Statistics Canad for the first time put a figure on a widening inequality gap being exacerbated...
As CERB winds down, labour group asks Liberals to rethink EI
OTTAWA — The federal government is being urged to rethink Canada's employment insurance program as millions of workers are moved off of an emergency benefit while the country's job market is still recouping heavy losses due to COVID-19. The government ...