[ad_1] TORONTO — SNC-Lavalin‘s local employees will be forced to work for foreign competitors if the embattled engineering firm is barred from bidding on federal contracts, diminishing its role as rare Canadian global champion, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. “There would be a reduction with us but these are talented folks. They’ll get a job,” Neil[…]
[ad_1] TORONTO — SNC-Lavalin‘s local employees will be forced to work for foreign competitors if the embattled engineering firm is barred from bidding on federal contracts, diminishing its role as rare Canadian global champion, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. “There would be a reduction with us but these are talented folks. They’ll get a job,” Neil[…]
[ad_1] Despite a historically low unemployment rate in Kelowna of 3.5 per cent, employers are still looking to hire. A job fair Tuesday attracted people looking for work as well as those looking to change jobs. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The former head of the Remai Modern art gallery in Saskatoon has bowed out of a new job in Auckland, New Zealand. Gregory Burke is withdrawing from a new job as director of the Auckland Art Gallery over a harassment allegation stemming from his work at the Remai. Story continues below Related New ice[…]
[ad_1] Unifor, the union representing General Motors workers in Oshawa, says it is hopeful that the automotive company won’t be completely abandoning the city after holding talks with GM. “I am much more confident today than I was a month ago that, together, we will find a resolution,” said Unifor president Jerry Dias in a[…]
[ad_1] The federal Liberal government is spending billions of dollars on everything from pharmacare to helping workers learn new job skills to easing the burden on first-time home buyers in its final budget before voters go to the polls in October. David Akin reports. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The new federal budget, released Tuesday, includes measures designed to help Canadians upgrade their skills at work. It does this through two main programs. The first is called the Canada Training Benefit. It’s a program designed to provide Canadians with funding to help pay for retraining courses. Every year, workers who are between the[…]
[ad_1] The union representative for Hamilton’s public high school teachers says larger class sizes will not mean better education for students. Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) Local 21 President Dan Staples predicts the provincial government’s decision to increase average class sizes from 22-to-28 will be “very problematic.” READ MORE: TDSB memo says increased class[…]
[ad_1] London’s downtown core is “growing in the right direction,” according to a recently-released report about its economic health and prosperity in 2016 and 2017. The 2017 State of the Downtown report, which is released every two years, says the core’s workforce grew by 2,000 jobs, the retail vacancy dropped from 7.9 per cent to[…]
[ad_1] OTTAWA — The final budget of the Trudeau government‘s mandate will scatter billions in fresh spending – on everything from prescription drugs to retraining workers to first-time home buyers – as the Liberals commit to an electoral fight that pits their deficit-spending vision versus the Conservatives’ balanced-books approach. READ MORE: Who are the winners[…]