Category Archives: Labour
Federal wage subsidy to be extended to December, Trudeau says
OTTAWA — The federal government is for the second time extending its program to subsidize wages in companies hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, this time until at least December. But the government is being warned it may have to move the end
Civil servants to get up to $2,500 each for Phoenix ‘pain and suffering’
OTTAWA — Federal employees stand to collect up to $2,500 each in cash payments for "pain and suffering" resulting from the government's failed Phoenix pay system under an agreement reached with the country's biggest civil-service union. The settlement ...
Canadian economy adds 953,000 jobs in June, unemployment rate falls
OTTAWA — Nearly one million more Canadians had jobs in June than a month earlier, Statistics Canada says, as businesses forced to close by the pandemic began to reopen and the country continued to recoup the steep losses over M...
Nova Scotia premier accuses union of divisiveness after assault on officer
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia man has been charged with assaulting a peace officer near a border crossing — leading Premier Stephen McNeil to accuse the officer's union of playing politics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cpl. Jennifer Clarke sai...
Liberals foresee high unemployment, $343 billion deficit due to COVID-19
OTTAWA — Nearly two million Canadian workers could remain unemployed this year, according to forecasts in the federal government's long-awaited "fiscal snapshot." The document released Wednesday details how the Trudeau Liberals see ...
Budget officer pegs cost of basic income as calls for it grow due to COVID-19
OTTAWA — Providing almost all Canadians with a basic income for six months beginning this fall could cost about $98 billion, the parliamentary budget officer said in a report on the eve of a preview of how COVID-19 will shape govern...
Unions tell MPs that grocery workers should still have pandemic pay
OTTAWA — Union leaders who represent thousands of grocery-store workers are telling MPs there is no reason for large chains to cut pandemic-related pay premiums since the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't gone away. Representatives from Teamsters Canada, the Un...
Politics, pandemics and Russian aluminum: why Canada faces fresh U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON — Why the United States chose to taint the debut of North America's celebrated new trade deal by threatening fresh tariffs against Canadian aluminum, only President Donald Trump and trade emissary Robert Lighthizer c...
Ontario deploys emergency management team to address Essex farm outbreak
TORONTO — Ontario has deployed an emergency management team to Windsor-Essex to help deal with a large COVID-19 outbreak on a farm, Premier Doug Ford said Friday as he apologized for previously suggesting migrant workers w...