[ad_1] A Toronto District School Board (TDSB) memo obtained by Global News says the Ontario PC government’s plan to increase high school class sizes could lead to 800 teachers losing their jobs. The memo suggests job losses could also affect teachers at the elementary school level. On Friday, the Doug Ford government announced it would[…]
[ad_1] Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says a government led by him after a spring election would cut the minimum wage for young workers to create more jobs. Kenney says the United Conservatives would roll back Alberta’s $15-an-hour minimum wage to $13 an hour for those 17 or younger. He says the current $15 across-the-board[…]
[ad_1] Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Wednesday in Cambridge, Ont. that the province added almost 100,000 net new jobs in the final three months of 2018. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Alberta is ponying up $100 million to kick-start new green transportation projects, including a truck that can drive long distances while delivering net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. The truck project is being developed by the Alberta Motor Transport Association. READ MORE: Feds announce initial step to help large emitters cut greenhouse gasses The province is[…]
[ad_1] The union representing the City of Calgary’s inside workers has cancelled a strike vote that was set for this Friday. Members instead will vote on the city’s latest contract offer. The 4,100 members of CUPE Local 38 are being told the offer from the city is likely the best they can get without taking[…]
[ad_1] It’s been five months since former Edmonton Journal columnist Paula Simons was appointed to the Senate. Gord Steinke sits down with Simons to talk about the move. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The federal government is investing $100 million to ensure the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized producers within the steel and aluminum supply chain. READ MORE: Federal minister tells Hamilton Steel Summit, ‘We have your back’ Navdeep Bains, Canada’s minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, made the funding announcement during a visit to Nova[…]
[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[…]
[ad_1] The latest jobs numbers from Statistics Canada remain stagnant in Alberta. Although the province has 3,800 more jobs than it did last month, the trend factors in the creation of 11,500 public-sector jobs and the loss of 7,000 private-sector positions. Alberta’s unemployment rate rose half a percentage point compared to last month, reaching 7.3[…]
[ad_1] Calgary now has the highest unemployment rate in the country, and with an election looming, the pressure is on for the government and opposition to show how they can kill the trend. Adam MacVicar reports. [ad_2] Source link