Just in time for an election campaign in which jobs and the economy are key issues, some hard data from Statistics Canada for candidates to bandy about. ...
Category: Government Finance and the Economy
Tentative agreement reached for Resolute workers
In addition to pay hikes, contract continues a partnership with Unifor on efficiency and workplace safety. ...
NDP says tax credit will help cut jobless rate in Ontario
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. ...
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. ...
Heard: Hydro One profit falls 7 per cent, despite revenue jump
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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. ...
Paper mill closing raises stakes in northern jobs issue
Just in time for election campaigning, Resolute Forest Products says it will shut down a mill in Fort Frances that had been idled for some time and that now has "no economically viable option." ...
Hudak again appears at a grant-receiving firm
The Conservative Leader, who has decried "corporate welfare," seems to be making a habit of using companies that have received government cash as a backdrop for his million-jobs pitch. ...
Purchase: Liberal budget predictable, election worthy
Columnist Bryne Purchase says even if the NDP hadn't forced an election, last week's budget wouldn't have lasted just a few months. ...
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