Reality check: Does Trudeau deserve all the credit for Canada’s economic and job gains? – National

Reality check: Does Trudeau deserve all the credit for Canada’s economic and job gains? – National

in Dec 27, 2018

[ad_1] “We took a one per cent growth rate under the Conservatives and turned it into a three per cent growth rate. We created 700,000 new jobs over the past three years, and right now we have the lower unemployment rate in recorded history in Canada,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Trudeau decided the end[…]

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Scott Moe uses fight against carbon tax to define 1st year as Sask. premier

Scott Moe uses fight against carbon tax to define 1st year as Sask. premier

in Dec 26, 2018

[ad_1] Scott Moe is almost one year into his tenure as Saskatchewan premier and he has used his opposition against a federal carbon tax as a major front in the early battle to define his leadership. Moe points to the pending tax as one of the biggest economic headwinds facing his province. Since replacing Brad[…]

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How an American businessman saved hundreds of jobs in Cape Breton

How an American businessman saved hundreds of jobs in Cape Breton

in Dec 23, 2018

[ad_1] His message to laid off Cape Breton call centre workers is straightforward. But the Iowa-based businessman’s words resonate like gospel in this hardscrabble region plunged into economic uncertainty earlier this month. “Things are going to stay the same or get better,” says Anthony Marlowe, a self-made telecommunications mogul who himself started as a telemarketer[…]

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Liberals looking at national basic income as way to help Canadians cope with job instability – National

Liberals looking at national basic income as way to help Canadians cope with job instability – National

in Dec 19, 2018

[ad_1] The Trudeau Liberals haven’t shut the door on a guaranteed-income program in their search for ways to help workers adapt to an unsteady and shifting labour market. In separate interviews, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos appear warmer to the idea than they have before, when they argued the Canada[…]

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Amazon expands tech hub in Toronto, creates 600 new jobs – Toronto

Amazon expands tech hub in Toronto, creates 600 new jobs – Toronto

in Dec 18, 2018

[ad_1] Amazon is firmly planting its foot in Toronto by opening a 113,000-square-foot office in the city’s downtown core to accommodate the expansion of its tech hub. The tech giant said the new location at Scotia Plaza on King Street West will focus on software development, machine learning, cloud computing, digital advertising and artificial intelligence.[…]

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The cost of seeking the truth: Why this Turkish journalist had to flee to Canada – National

The cost of seeking the truth: Why this Turkish journalist had to flee to Canada – National

in Dec 17, 2018

[ad_1] Azru Yildiz sits in her small Toronto apartment and contemplates what she’s lost. She can no longer go back to her native Turkey, her marriage collapsed, only one of her two daughters is living with her after years apart and the only job she could get after being a promising journalist back home is[…]

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Lindsay residents have mixed feelings about major commercial development – Peterborough

Lindsay residents have mixed feelings about major commercial development – Peterborough

in Dec 14, 2018

[ad_1] The development at the corner of Highway 35 and Colborne Street in Lindsay, Ont., has been in the works for years and is shaping up to be one of the town’s largest-ever commercial projects, but no one knows yet what the new site will hold. It has long been speculated that a big box[…]

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N.B. employers slam proposed legislation to tax heavy industry machinery and equipment – New Brunswick

N.B. employers slam proposed legislation to tax heavy industry machinery and equipment – New Brunswick

in Dec 14, 2018

[ad_1] A group representing 20 industry groups of varying sizes in New Brunswick is critical of proposed legislation that would remove a property tax exemption from machinery and equipment used by heavy industry. The Coalition of New Brunswick Employers says the affected businesses would face huge additional financial pressures. “Clearly this is another tax on[…]

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GM identifies jobs, training programs for workers impacted by Oshawa assembly plant closure

GM identifies jobs, training programs for workers impacted by Oshawa assembly plant closure

in Dec 14, 2018

[ad_1] OSHAWA, Ont. – General Motors of Canada says it’s working with other employers to identify jobs and targeted training programs for GM employees affected by the closure of the Oshawa Assembly plant next year. It says several employers have identified about 2,000 jobs that will become open in Durham region in 2019 and 2020.[…]

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‘It becomes a nightmare’: the rise of the viral bomb threat and how it makes the job of police harder

‘It becomes a nightmare’: the rise of the viral bomb threat and how it makes the job of police harder

in Dec 13, 2018

[ad_1] On Thursday, dozens of establishments across North America received bomb threats via email, many of which have now been deemed a hoax by law enforcement. Most organizations impacted received the same email, written in imperfect English, warning that unless $20,000 in bitcoin was paid, a bomb would go off. According to police and experts, technology[…]

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