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Ontario’s gender pay gap growing READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO–The pay gap between men and women in Ontario is getting worse and will continue to do so without government…
Ontario job market undergoing seismic shift: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – Ontario’s labour market woes can’t be blamed on a recession hangover – the underlying trouble is a long-term, seismic shift that…
Retirement income system failing individual Canadians: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA— Canada’s retirement income system may work well for the mutual fund industry but it’s failing individual Canadians, says a study released today by the…
The Living Wage for the City of Regina is $16.46 per hour
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Regina — A Living Wage for Regina would amount to $16.46 per hour based on a new report released by the Saskatchewan Office of the…
Minimum Wage Panel Moves Toward Goal Line, Passes Ball to Premier
TORONTO – Today’s recommendation by the province’s Minimum Wage Advisory Panel to tie the province’s minimum wage to cost of living increases is both welcome news and unfinished business, said…
Les PDG du Canada célèbrent l’arrivée du Nouvel An avec éclat
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. Ottawa—Tout juste après la pause du dîner de la première journée de travail officielle de l’année, les PDG les mieux rémunérés du Canada ont…
Royal Canadian Navy at risk unless National Shipbuilding Strategy is revised, report finds
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – A report on the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy…
A Youth Lens on Poverty in Winnipeg
Inner City Youth Photography Exhibition Launch Winnipeg, MB – A collection of photographs taken by Winnipeg youth offers a fresh perspective on some of city’s lowest income neighbourhoods. They tell…
A living wage for Manitoba families
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. WINNIPEG—Low-income families face difficult choices: pay the rent or buy food; forego dental care to buy school supplies. Parents faced with these dilemmas are stressed…
Little change in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate since pledge to eliminate
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Halifax—In 2011, there were still 29,000 children living in poverty in Nova Scotia, twenty-two years after the House of Commons pledged to eliminate poverty for…
Ontario can overcome “regrettable” WTO ruling on Green Energy Act: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that the Ontario Green Energy Act’s local content requirements conflict with international trade rules is based…
Only 6% of BC Ombudsperson’s recommendations for addressing crisis in seniors care implemented by provincial government: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A year and a half after the release of an exhaustive and damning report on the state of seniors care by the…
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