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Angella MacEwen
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What exactly just happened with Trump’s big tariff announcement?
This article was originally published in Angella MacEwen’s substack. It is republished here with permission.
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Yes, Mr. Weston, you can afford a living wage
Loblaw Companies Ltd. chairman and CEO Galen G. Weston recently joined the chorus of business leaders to come out against the Liberal’s proposal to increase…
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Does the TPP Work for Workers?
Analyzing the labour chapter of the TPP Download 377.8 KB20 pages This study examines the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s labour chapter and finds it cannot adequately protect,…
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Young Workers Left Behind in Budget 2014
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What do we know about job vacancies in Canada?
The most recent Jobs Vacancy statistics are out, and the trend for 2013 so far has been a reduction in the number of job vacancies reported by…
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Labour Shortage? Raise Wages!
I have been hard on our new Employment and Social Development Minister, Jason Kenney, for buying into a widespread myth about labour shortages and skill…
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Dude, where’s my job?
The real unemployment rate for Canadians over 25 was 8.8% in April. Not great, for sure, but slightly better than it was in 2009. For youth 15-24,…
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Crowley’s Red Hot Labour Market
Brian Lee Crowley’s latest column shows he’s a glass-half-full kinda guy. We shouldn’t be worried about unemployment because a) it’s old-fashioned, b) Boomers had it worse (and…
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Working After Age 65
What is at Stake? Download 512 KB12 pages It is argued by some that eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement…
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Cost of Poverty in Prince Edward Island (2011)
Download 625.04 KB13 pages This report estimates that the direct cost of poverty for the PEI government is just under 100 million dollars per year…
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Cost of Poverty in New Brunswick
Download 420.7 KB12 pages There has always existed a moral obligation to end poverty, first and foremost for those who are living in poverty. However,…
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Coût de la pauvreté au Nouveau-Brunswick
Download 438.85 KB13 pages L’obligation morale de mettre fin à la pauvreté a toujours existé, d’abord et avant tout, pour les personnes qui vivent dans…
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