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Parti Québécois wants robots, automation to replace temporary immigrants
MONTREAL - The Parti Qubcois says it would lean on robots and automation to replace temporary workers as part of a lengthy proposal to slash immigration to Quebec, claiming its plan is a necessary cou...
Oct 28, 2024
Monthly food bank use soars to new record, due to cost of groceries, housing
TORONTO - Canada's reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada. The organization says it recorded more than two million visits in March 2024 - n...
Oct 28, 2024
B.C. port employers, foremen's union return to negotiation table with mediator
VANCOUVER - Employers and the union representing foremen at British Columbia's ports will return to the negotiating table next week with a mediator in the latest push for a resolution in the labour di...
Oct 25, 2024
Trudeau announces massive drop in immigration targets as Liberals make major pivot
OTTAWA - The federal government slashed immigration targets to levels that will flatten population growth as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted Thursday the government did not get the balance righ...
Oct 24, 2024
Saskatchewan NDP leader renews call for change at labour convention
SASKATOON, Sask. - Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has addressed the province's Federation of Labour convention ahead of Monday's provincial election. She says working people have played a critical...
Oct 23, 2024
Labour expert: Use of dispute board to delay Alberta strike a sign of what's to come
EDMONTON - The Alberta government's recent use of a rarely used measure to intervene in labour disputes is a sign of what's to come, says a labour policy professor. Over 3,000 educational support staf...
Oct 23, 2024
Feds’ order to end rail shutdown ‘unprecedented,’ labour tribunal says
MONTREAL - The federal government's directive to end the countrywide rail shutdown in August marked an "unprecedented" move, says Canada's labour tribunal, signalling a stauncher approach to disputes ...
Oct 22, 2024
Classes resume with replacement teachers after 11 suspended at Montreal school
MONTREAL - Eleven Montreal teachers who were suspended for allegedly creating a climate of fear and intimidation inside a Montreal primary school were replaced Monday as the union that represents them...
Oct 21, 2024
Company to pay $125,000 after worker in Brownlee injured in fall
A contracting company has been ordered to pay $125,000 after a worker near Brownlee, Sask. was injured in a fall last year. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Bakke Co...
Oct 21, 2024 The company pleaded guilty to a single violation of Saskatchewan's occupational health and safety regulations earlier this month. (650 CKOM file photo)
Alberta government announces new rules for municipal political parties, donations
EDMONTON - Alberta has announced new regulations that will once again allow corporate and union donations in local elections. The move by the United Conservative Party government reverses a ban brough...
Oct 18, 2024
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8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...
