SNC-Lavalin: Does 9,000 jobs make it a ‘public policy problem’? – National

SNC-Lavalin: Does 9,000 jobs make it a ‘public policy problem’? – National

in Mar 09, 2019

[ad_1] Nine thousand is a number Canadians have been hearing a lot this week. That’s the number of job losses the Trudeau government says it’s worried about, should SNC-Lavalin be handed a criminal conviction on fraud and bribery charges. The Quebec engineering giant currently has around 8,700 employees in Canada. Those are the people the[…]

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Facebook offered Conservative minister new data centre, jobs in exchange for easier data rules: reports – National

Facebook offered Conservative minister new data centre, jobs in exchange for easier data rules: reports – National

in Mar 04, 2019

[ad_1] Executives from Facebook offered to open a new data centre in Canada to get the former Conservative government to cut it a deal exempting data held on non-Canadians by the company from federal privacy regulations, British media reports suggest. Now, a Liberal MP is urging the parliamentary committee studying Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica[…]

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Government has a responsibility to defend jobs, Trudeau says amid SNC-Lavalin allegations – National

Government has a responsibility to defend jobs, Trudeau says amid SNC-Lavalin allegations – National

in Feb 22, 2019

[ad_1] OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose office is under fire for allegedly pressuring his former justice minister to try to ensure a major construction company avoided a corruption trial, on Friday said he had been concerned about possible job losses. READ MORE: Canada’s top civil servant fears ‘somebody’s going to be shot’ during[…]

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Governments should help bridge job skills gap to address lack of wage growth: Canadian CEO – National

Governments should help bridge job skills gap to address lack of wage growth: Canadian CEO – National

in Feb 03, 2019

[ad_1] Canada may be experiencing one of its biggest labour shortages in years but that doesn’t mean employees are seeing wage growth reflecting that talent crunch. Last week, a senior official with the Bank of Canada said one of the causes for the “puzzling” lack of wage growth could be that employers are struggling to[…]

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Liberals eyeing job training boost after warnings of under spending – National

Liberals eyeing job training boost after warnings of under spending – National

in Dec 27, 2018

[ad_1] OTTAWA — The federal Liberals want to widen the reach of the country’s job-training programs after senior officials heard warnings that Canada has been spending about half what comparable countries do on efforts to keep their workers employable. READ MORE: Reality check: Does Trudeau deserve all the credit for Canada’s economic and job gains?[…]

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