Category Archives: Labour
Nova Scotia in talks to let workers who refused vaccination back on the job
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is looking at ways to get public sector workers who refused to be vaccinated under the province's COVID-19 mandates back to work. Premier Tim Houston confirmed following a cabinet meeting Thursday that talks are ongoing on the
Saskatchewan to renew emergency order same day province lifts all COVID-19 measures
REGINA — The Saskatchewan Party government, which has repeatedly said people need to "learn to live with COVID-19," is renewing its state of emergency. Premier Scott Moe signed an order-in-council on Wednesday to extend the emergency order "to address ...
Ontario to mandate disclosure of employee electronic surveillance
TORONTO — Ontario is planning to require employers to tell their workers if they are being electronically monitored. The government is set to introduce a new piece of labour legislation this month that will include the proposed policy. It would require...
NDP asks Liberals to drop appeal of tribunal ruling in EI maternity leave case
OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats are asking the country's employment minister to drop the government's appeal of a decision that found employment insurance rules discriminatory against new mothers. In his letter to Employment Minister Carla Qualtroug...
Nova Scotia labour minister appoints mediator in Acadia University faculty strike
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has appointed a mediator in the three-week-old faculty strike at Acadia University. Labour Minister Jill Balser says William Kaplan will work with the Acadia University Faculty Association and the university's admin...
Ontario’s labour market rebounds to pre-pandemic levels but recovery uneven: report
TORONTO — Ontario's financial watchdog says that overall, the province's labour market has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but the recovery has been uneven across sectors and regions. The Financial Accountability Officer released a report today sayin...
Biden putting ‘Buy American’ frame around critical minerals development efforts
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is once again draping the union-friendly, red, white and blue bunting of his Buy American philosophy over a key component of his administrative agenda — one in which Canada dearly wants to play a role. The
Reporters take heat in Canada, U.S. for reaching out to donors who supported protests
WASHINGTON — Journalists in Canada and the United States, veterans of a daily grind that entails tracking down and chatting up newsmakers, politicians and ordinary citizens by whatever means necessary, are encountering a very different — and hostile — ...
B.C. government expanding skills training programs through new complex in Burnaby
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is spending more than $136 million to build a new trades and technology training complex in Burnaby. Premier John Horgan said the complex at the British Columbia Institute of Technology's campus will help mor...
Nova Scotia’s union for paramedics says higher pay needed to help retain workers
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia paramedics say it's not just long-term care workers who need pay hikes if the province wants to shore up its health network. In an appearance before a legislature committee Wednesday, an official with the union representing more