Category Archives: Canada
Liberals, Senate headed for legislative showdown over union bill
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has set up a showdown with the Senate over whether workers should be required to unionize through a secret ballot. Labour Minister Patty Hajdu told the Commons on Frida...
May 05, 2017
NDP would reinstate Nova Scotia film tax credit, programs cut in 2015
HALIFAX - New Democrats in Nova Scotia are promising to reinstate a film tax credit axed by the Liberal government, NDP Leader Gary Burrill pledged Friday, saying the government’s move left the ...
May 05, 2017
Universities must create diversity plan or lose research money: council
OTTAWA - Universities have less than two years to find ways to recruit more women and minorities for Canada Research Chairs, or they won’t get any more positions funded by the federal government...
May 05, 2017
Human rights code changes will apply on reserve: justice minister
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould - a former First Nations leader - says a proposed government bill that changes the human rights code will apply on reserves, adding she hopes individuals...
May 05, 2017
Hungary summons Canadian ambassador after concerns over university
BUDAPEST, Hungary - The Hungarian foreign ministry says it has summoned Canada’s ambassador to Hungary after she expressed concerns about the fate of a Budapest university and academic freedom a...
May 05, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 14.0 per cent ...
May 05, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in April. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, how...
May 05, 2017
National employment numbers for April from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at April employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.7) Employment rate: 61.4 per cent (61.5) Labour force participation rate: 65.6 per cent (65.9...
May 05, 2017
Heavy rain likely to cause flooding in Central and Eastern Canada
Persistent, steady rains soaking swaths of Central and Eastern Canada that have already endured record precipitation levels threatened to trigger widespread flooding Friday and put residents and gover...
May 05, 2017
Jobless rate falls to 6.5% but Canadian wages see weakest growth since 1997
OTTAWA - The unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level since the start of the last major recession, but details within Statistics Canada’s latest labour report - including a record-l...
May 05, 2017