NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says the party's tax credits could create up to 170,000 jobs by paying employers 10 per cent of the salaries of new hires. ...
Category: Election 2014
Unilever plant shutdown to help focus campaign on jobs
The Brampton soup-making plant will close by the spring of 2016, eliminating 280 jobs as production moves to Missouri. ...
Reality check: Will the NDP balance the books by 2017-2018?
New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath says she plans to balance the books by 2017-2018, but in a different way than the Liberals and Conservatives are promising. ...
Anti-poverty tour presses to restore past welfare cuts
The Raise the Rates campaign has launched a provincewide speaking tour to pressure the three parties to increase welfare rates, which were cut by former premier Mike Harris. ...
Union aims to keep ‘right-to-work’ laws a front-burner issue
The Ontario Public Sector Employees Union is enlisting help from a South Carolina state senator in its effort to show the potential harm it sees in Conservative Leader Tim Hudak's proposed labour reforms. ...
Hudak: ‘I have one priority and that’s a million new jobs’
PC Leader dismisses other parties for having myriad priorities and making expensive promises, saying he will focus on one issue - job creation and turning around the economy. ...
Laurier prof to reporters: Call Wynne the premier
How should reporters refer to the government in an election? ...