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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Sarah McIver was arrested in China due to employer’s error, her aunt believes

Sarah McIver was arrested in China due to employer’s error, her aunt believes

in Dec 29, 2018

[ad_1] DRUMHELLER, Alta. –The aunt of an Alberta woman who has been released from custody in China says she believes it was a mistake by her niece’s employer that resulted in her arrest. Sarah McIver was detained earlier this month over a work-permit issue related to her teaching job, but her aunt Rhona McIver says[…]

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Roiled in oil: Alberta votes in 2019 as energy issues, Trudeau dominate debate

Roiled in oil: Alberta votes in 2019 as energy issues, Trudeau dominate debate

in Dec 28, 2018

[ad_1] “I know that the opposition wants to sort of revel in what they insist on hoping is defeat, but we’ve made more progress on getting a pipeline to tidewater than any other government has in the last 70 years,” Notley told The Canadian Press in a year-end interview. Notley will take voters to the polls in[…]

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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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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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