Tag Archives: Labour

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is increasingly expected to keep its benchmark interest rate on hold later this month after the labour market delivered a surprise hiring surge in June. Statistics Canada s...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howe...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.9 ...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's June employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (7.0) Employment rate: 60.9 per cent (60.8) Participation rate:...

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending changes it made in March to the employment insurance program in response to the trade war with the U.S. The changes were meant to help businesses retain wo...

OTTAWA - The federal government and Canada's premiers are greatly overselling the benefits of breaking down internal trade barriers, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives argues in a new report....

CALGARY - Canada's top soldier is looking forward to a boost in military spending that includes a pay raise for military personnel at a time when uncertainty on the world stage is high. NATO leaders -...

The Centre for Free Expression is calling for the reinstatement of a York Region paramedic whose union says she was fired over a social media post criticizing Israel's military operations in the Middl...

Efforts to boost interprovincial trade have kicked into high gear amid the U.S.-Canada tariff war. Here's a look at some trade agreements, legislation and proposals among provinces and territories tha...

TORONTO - Anyone who works Monday to Friday and is keen for a long weekend this Canada Day has likely had to do a bit of calendar juggling to cope with the ill-timed holiday. The stat day falls on a T...