Tag Archives: Labour

OTTAWA - The Senate has agreed with recommendations from an independent evaluator that the victims of disgraced ex-senator Don Meredith should be compensated. The Senate standing committee on internal...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says growth in spending on federal employees has more to do with the amounts spent per worker and not because there are more workers to spend on. Spending on ...

VANCOUVER - Parents keeping their children home from schools that offer limited or no remote learning options are concerned spots in speciality programs could be lost unless the Br...

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...

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 pr...

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 Cana...

LONDON - Virgin Atlantic completed its 1.2 billion-pound ($1.6 billion) restructuring plan and cut 1,150 jobs Friday as the airline sought to rebuild following the devastation caused by the COVID-19 p...

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 b...

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...

WASHINGTON - U.S. companies added jobs at a modest pace last month, a private survey found, a sign that while hiring continues, it is only soaking up a relatively small proportion of the unemployed. P...