Ontario maintains AA- rating for long-term bonds, and A-1+ on short-term debt and commercial paper, but S&P expresses concern that the government may not be able to balance the books as planned. ...
Category: Jobs and Employment
Heard: OPA says new sectors now eligible for lower power prices
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Manufacturers look to outsource less, says KPMG report
Canadian manufacturers are looking less to China and India to source their production, says KPMG's Canadian Manufacturing Outlook 2014. ...
Duguid, Moridi tout $295-million youth jobs plan
Employment and training ministers tout Ontario youth jobs strategy, which began in 2013, in tour of Centennial College's aircraft training centre. ...
Heard: OPSEU to protest lagging wage talks at Pembroke nursing home
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C.D. Howe Institute says Ontario business investment dismal
C.D. Howe report urges more private investment, and notes Ontario and Quebec have weak performances in investing in workers. ...
Private member’s bills: Tip-outs, bike month, and radon all pass
Three uncontroversial bills passed second reading on quick voice votes Thursday, sending bills on server tips, bikes and a radioactive gas to committee. ...
Heard: House OKs second reading of budget bill 56-36
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Ubisoft to expand Toronto studio, adding another 470 jobs
French video-game maker Ubisoft to add more than double the jobs currently at Toronto development centre by 2020 in partnership with provincial government. ...
Tory critic ‘out of sync’ on College of Trades, union exec says
Building trades council manager takes Garfield Dunlop to task over continued attacks on college, which the union official says 'is moving in the right direction' as a self-regulating body. ...