Potential Air Canada pilot strike: Key FAQs and why the anger at …
WEB3 days ago · Air Canada could suspend operations next week as pilots prepare to go on strike, an action that could affect 110,000 passengers a day according to the airline.. Negotiations between Air Canada and its pilots over a new labour contract have stalled. The previous contract, which lasted for a decade, has expired and both parties have been in talks for over a year to establish a new agreement.
Canadian Army says new military sleeping bags not suitable for …
WEB4 days ago · Despite the defence department spending more than $34.8 million on new sleeping bags, the Canadian Army asked late last year that hundreds of soldiers headed to a joint northern exercise in Alaska with the Americans be issued with old, …
While voters may have tired of him, Trudeau looks forward to a …
WEB4 days ago · Standing by the docks in downtown Nanaimo, B.C., on Monday morning, Liberal MP Alexandre Mendes told (new window) Radio-Canada she came to this week’s Liberal caucus retreat with a message from her constituents: dozens and dozens of them were adamant the Liberal Party needed a new leader. Speaking later to CBC’s Power & Politics, Mendes said it was hard to pinpoint a specific reason or ...
Prepare for an EU that’s less open to trade
WEB3 days ago · While the EU’s revised trade strategy still emphasizes a commitment to openness, it adds two further guiding principles: sustainability and assertiveness. Combined, these three principles define what the EU calls “open strategic autonomy,” its new trade-policy framework. In practice, sustainability and assertiveness tend to mean less ...
Minimum wage increases are important, but workers deserve more
WEB6 days ago · By Andrew Stevens, University of Regina, The Conversation. This fall, several provinces across Canada are scheduled to increase their minimum wages.These provincial adjustments follow the federal government’s decision to raise the federal minimum wage to $17.30 back in April.. On Oct. 1, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island will all see new minimum wage rates come into ...
The evolution of China Inc. and the challenges for Canada
WEB6 days ago · The Chinese market once was a promising outlet for Canadian goods and services. Exports to China grew to $19.9 billion in 2013 from $1.74 billion in 1997. But in the last decade, the momentum has been lost. Exports reached only $22.6 billion in 2023. Opportunities for Canada to sell to the Chinese market may be limited in the future and will ...
Safety concerns are at the heart of the railway dispute as …
WEBSep 8, 2024 · By Bruce Campbell, York University, Canada, The Conversation. On Aug. 24, Canada’s federal labour board ordered the Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPK) railways, along with over 9,000 workers, to return to work and enter binding arbitration to produce a new contract. The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) acted on the government’s referral when making the ...
China’s probe of Canadian canola will put both exports and …
WEBSep 8, 2024 · Tariff wars are a recurring feature in the global trading system, and tensions between China and Canada have been ongoing for years. These tariff wars are largely driven by geopolitical tensions. In 2019, for instance, China banned Canadian meat imports following the detention of Huawei’s chief ...
We’re divided, but are Canadians really more polarized?
WEBOctober 20, 2022 This article is based on a talk held at University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs that is part of a series of nine talks delving […]
Canada to introduce new rules around off-campus work hours for ...
WEBApr 30, 2024 · April 29, 2024—Ottawa—International students enrich Canada’s social, cultural and economic fabric.That is why, in recent months, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has introduced reforms to the International Students Program, to ensure system integrity while protecting students from fraud and financial vulnerability.