Polytechnics and colleges, natural allies to businesses, deserve more access to government funding
Canada is at an innovation crossroads. Productivity measures have long lagged behind our international counterparts and, as a country of small businesses, our firms often lack the internal resources to fulfill their potential. Developing new prototypes, adopting new technologies, and designing new processes takes time, money, and human resources. As Canada’s economic engines, small- […]
Feds hit the road to seek user feedback for Phoenix replacement
The team behind the replacement for the troubled Phoenix pay system is kicking off a round of informal consultations with public servants across the country in an effort to learn what features the bureaucracy wants in a new human resources and pay system. The Next Generation pay system team, or NextGen for short, is starting […]
Bob Rae should apologize for tweet against Yellow Vests, says reader
Bob Rae, a former Liberal MP and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s appointed special envoy to Myanmar, demonized the Canadian Yellow Vest protesters by characterizing them as the “new Brownshirts, Blackshirts, and Whitehoods, vigilantes” in a Jan. 12 tweet. The misinformation and outright false information being disseminated by this once-prominent Canadian politician is insulting to the tens of thousands of working-class, patriotic, peaceful, law-abiding Canadian citizens in the Yellow […]
‘We’re going to be every bit as active in this federal election’: Dias says unions undeterred by new pre-election ad spending limits
New limits on pre-election political advertising are unlikely to force a change of approach from Canada’s unions and other high-spending advertisers from the last election, say executives and spokespeople for some of those groups. “The short answer is ‘no.’ We’re going to be every bit as active in this federal election as we were in […]
Blunt talk: Liberals dropped the ball on legalization
It’s been nearly three months since the legalization of cannabis, and there is much to be concerned about. Many of these concerns were highlighted to the government before legalization, on Oct. 17, 2018, while some are new. While legalization through Bill C-45 was still under consideration in the House of Commons and the Senate, concerns […]
Better education needed to warn youth of weed risks
The legalization of recreational marijuana on Oct. 17, 2018 was a popular move. The legislation’s attraction stems from the perceived advantages of legalization: getting organized crime out of the marijuana business, removing the heavy hand of the criminal justice system from large sections of the population, especially minors, and the proper regulation and control of […]
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‘I was a kid in a GM household, I thought it was going to survive’: Oshawa-area MPs in disbelief at GM’s looming closure
General Motors’ decision last week to halt operations in Oshawa, Ont., within the next year sent shockwaves throughout the community, with the move deeply felt by two area MPs who once worked for the auto giant. Like many people in the Oshawa-Durham community in Ontario, Conservative MPs Colin Carrie and Erin O’Toole have a personal […]
Canada Post won’t negotiate if feds always pass back-to-work laws
I strongly believe that workers should receive equal pay, work in a safe environment, and have decent wages. I believe in a postal banking. I believe in collective bargaining. Canada Post Corporation won’t negotiate as long as the government always passes back-to-work legislation. I stand with CUPW, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Larry Wasslen […]
Women’s rights: we still have far to go
OTTAWA—After hockey the other night, one of my fellow old-timers complained about the demand for gender equality on boards of directors. He pointed out his organization is composed of engineers, and given directors are normally fairly senior people, they would have to be drawn from people who graduated a few decades ago. However, he noted […]
