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Fast Facts: Social Enterprises Create Pride through Decent Work
Social enterprises fill an important gap in Manitoba’s economy for those struggling to enter the workforce. The provincial government has seen the value of investing…
Creating Pride Through Decent Work
Social Enterprise in Manitoba Download 3.35 MB48 pages Social enterprises fill an important gap in Manitoba’s economy for those struggling to enter the workforce. The…
Through a Gender Lens
The 2016-2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Budget’s Impacts on Women Download 683.19 KB34 pages This study finds that the 2016-17 Newfoundland and Labrador budget will worsen…
Work Life: Business Wins Big – Throne Speech 2016
Throne speeches typically are run-of-the-mill exercises that say very little while evoking lofty ideals such as prosperity, innovation and “establishing an open principled government that…
Change in federal policy lowers living wage for first time despite rising costs
(Vancouver) A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is $20.64 per hour.…
Working for a Living Wage 2016
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.57 MB8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Living Wage…
Trans-Pacific Partnership expands migrant worker regime: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—As parliamentary consultations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) begin, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)…
Migrant Workers and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
A regulatory impact analysis of the TPP’s temporary entry provisions Download 735.14 KB 32 pages This study investigates the TPP’s chapter on “temporary entry for…
Gender pay gap shadows women all along income ladder: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – The average pay gap between men and women stands at 29.4 per cent in Ontario —…
UNSPUN: We need to maintain momentum on job training
At the end of 2015 The Conference Board of Canada predicted that in 2016, Manitoba’s economic activity would be second only to BC, with strong…
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