News by subject: POLITICS

While candidates across the country debate Canada's fossil-fuel future and the climate crisis, a solid majority of Canadians have already made up their minds when it comes to oil and gas development in Canada's North.   According to an Environics...

Nationalistic US foreign policy, disagreements within the US administration and divergence between the US and Europe will all combine to create a sanctions environment fraught with risk, says the report from global specialist risk consultancy,...

Students will be available to comment on the opening of on-campus advanced polling stations between Saturday, October 5, and Wednesday, October 9. Throughout the election, students' unions will be encouraging students get out to vote and...

OTTAWA, October 7, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ? Ongoing trade tensions and uncertainty in the global economy are impacting Canadian business investment and household purchasing power. Despite this, a recession is not on the horizon in Canada according to...

The innocuous-sounding "Employee Labour Relations Support Program," announced today by the UCP, is really a union-busting initiative and part of a larger wage suppression agenda being pursued by the Kenney government, says the president of Alberta...

CARP, Canada's largest advocacy organization for older adults is marking National Seniors Day 2019 with a call to action for Canada's political leaders on the issues that matter most to its members.  "Today, National Seniors Day, CARP is calling on...

Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) is hopeful to see that its Supply Change initiative, to secure an increase in Federal procurement from Aboriginal businesses to 5%, is recognized in the Liberal Party election platform. Federal...

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is outraged after a fifth fatality at the Fiera Foods Group of Companies on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. The OFL sends condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the worker who was killed at the...

Forty-one per cent of organizations have employee alcohol and drug testing protocols in place that are applicable to cannabis. Of these, 91 per cent list fitness for duty?the ability to perform assigned duties without limitations from drug use,...

September 23, 2019 New report shows how to address the challenges of implementing digital health technology ? a catalyst for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC)Philips Chief Medical Officer Jan Kimpen discusses the creation of enabling...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, September 17, 2019 (Globe Newswire) ? Increasingly, mid-sized cities rely on diverse sectors and industries for stability and growth. Today's release of Canada's Mid-Sized Cities Outlook provides insight into the...

CARP is asking Canadians to make caregiving an election issue in October. Today, it launched a national campaign #credit4caregivers, with a heart-wrenching video, to highlight the burden of Canada's millions of unpaid caregivers. Watch the video...

CLC President Hassan Yussuff will be in Burnaby, Saturday, as part of a tour by Canada's unions to promote priority issues with workers ahead of next month's federal election. The national tour includes training for union activists. The training will...

With the federal election officially underway, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is challenging all parties to lead a factual, respectful debate on mental health to address the urgent needs of 7.5 million Canadians living with mental...

The Canadian Federation of Students, which represents over 500,000 students across the country, has launched its Time to Be Bold campaign, aimed at getting post-secondary students and youth to head to the polls in big numbers this October and vote...

Liberal candidate Gary Gladstone is taking a decidedly different approach to campaigning in this upcoming federal election. Gladstone has decided to shun single use plastic bag lawn signs. "I know that they have been a staple of modern campaigns for...

Canada's unions are launching a cross-Canada tour ahead of next month's federal election to promote priority issues with workers. CLC President Hassan Yussuff will be in Toronto to launch the national tour, which includes training for union...

The following is a statement from the Ontario Universities and Colleges Coalition, which represents over 435,000 faculty, staff, and students from every public postsecondary institution in Ontario: Announced in the Ontario Budget , the Ford...

Ontario faculty are warning that the Ford government's so called "performance" funding model for postsecondary education is reckless, ineffective, and dangerous. The new funding model will link 60 per cent of government funding for universities ($2.2...

"The MacKinnon report is a prescription for disaster and will not lead Alberta to prosperity," says AFL president Gil McGowan. "It is an attack on our public services, our children's education and jeopardizes the future of all working Albertans, just...

CLC Executive Vice-President Donald Lafleur will be in Charlottetown to take part in the Prince Edward Island Federation of Labour's annual Labour Day event. Lafleur will be available to media to speak about "A Fair Canada for Everyone," the CLC's...

Ottawa, ON ? August 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ? As economic and fiscal pressures loom in Ontario, province-wide immigration can provide relief. To get there, newcomers need to settle across more regions says a report released today from The...

A new poll released today by The Harris Poll, commissioned by Express Employment Professionals, provides an in-depth look at the state of white collar and grey collar workers in Canada. The poll found that the vast majority of...

Canadian Health Policy Institute (CHPI), a Toronto-based private-sector think-tank established in 2012, has published several studies that bolster the arguments of critics opposed to new regulatory guidelines proposed by the Patented Medicine Prices...

The senior leadership of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) today announced that it was resigning, including President Harvey Weingarten. HEQCO has been the chief advisor to the Ford government on a number of controversial...

High level conference on Africa Women's Day was held under the leadership of the President of the National Assembly and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This third and final part of a series of initiatives that UN undertook jointly with the IMF and...

It is clear that the UCP government's minimum wage ?expert' panel announced yesterday is stacked against workers and includes mostly restaurant lobbyists, critics of the minimum wage increase and workers who are relatives of restaurant owners. The...

The UNITED SIKHS legal team is working with the family of an elderly Sikh man after receiving a report today that he encountered several brutal attackers inside his own home during a suspected hate crime. According to details provided by the family,...

In the wake of today's authoritative new report on how land can help or hurt climate change, WWF-Canada is urging all levels of government to radically transform our land use by enlisting nature-based solutions to secure a climate-safe...

After months of bad northern climate-change news ? Canada's Arctic warming at three times the global rate, permafrost melting 70 years ahead of predictions, the worst polar wildfire season on record ? plans have now moved forward to protect...

On Thursday, August 1, the Fraser Institute will release its annual study on the total tax bill for Canadian families and individuals. The Canadian Consumer Tax Index tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2018 by...

On Thursday, July 25, the Fraser Institute will release a new study on pharmacare in Quebec. Lessons from the Quebec Universal Prescription Drug Insurance Program spotlights how Quebec's public-private pharmacare model provides universal drug...

The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) is outraged by the announcement made today by City of Toronto councillors Joe Cressy, Mike Layton and Kristyn Wong-Tam. The trio said that they would red light any development that...

The Canadian Vaping Association (CVA) would like to respond directly to the "Minister's Letter to Retail Associations Concerning Youth Vaping". The CVA is Canada's largest advocacy association and our membership has been at the forefront of youth...

Proposing to reduce health and safety requirements for Alberta farms and ranches is unconscionable, says the Alberta Federation of Labour. "Alberta's farms and ranches are already the most dangerous workplaces in the province," says Gil McGowan....

Injured workers and their supporters are holding an action at noon outside the constituency office of new Attorney General Doug Downey, to demand an immediate reversal of the funding cuts to legal aid and legal clinics. The three legal clinics that...

A new study released today by the Fraser Institute highlights positive reform lessons from Switzerland and the Netherlands?two countries that provide universal access to high-quality health care with shorter wait times, greater availability of...

Workers at The Beer Store Contact Centre in London, Ontario, who are proud members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 12R24, have voted to ratify their first collective agreement. "I am very proud of the contract we bargained," says...

Restaurants Canada applauds Alberta's new UCP-led government for wasting no time ushering in critically needed labour reforms, which will provide welcome relief for the province's struggling foodservice sector. Bill 2: An Act to Make Alberta Open...

The federal government's recent tax increase on top earners will not raise the level of revenues expected and will eventually reduce government revenue, finds a study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian...

The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) will meet in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 27, 2019. An action plan on zero plastic waste will be one of the main items of discussion. Ministers will also discuss a range of other issues...

In response to the passage of a new secularism law, which prohibits public civil servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at their workplace, UNITED SIKHS today launched a plan to formally remove the ban. Citing human rights...

Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, has sent a letter to Premier Kenney asking him to clarify the government's intentions for Bill 9, the Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act. McGowan says here is a very concerning...

The Conference Board of Canada's Economist Robyn Gibbard offers the following insights on today's release of data on government revenues from the sale of cannabis: "Today Statistics Canada released its first-ever figures on government tax revenues...

June 19, 2019 ? Southern Ontario waterways are showing dangerously increasing road salt levels in WWF-Canada's Great Lakes Chloride Summer Hot Spot Map. Although road salt ? sodium chloride, calcium chloride and magnesium chloride ? keeps public...

The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) unveiled national survey results today showing that 89% of respondents believe public transit helps to reduce traffic congestion, while 77% said road congestion is a problem in their city. Voters are...

Nisga'a Lisims Government believes the recent opposition to its purchase of Crown land at Nasoga Gulf by two neighboring Indigenous groups is politically motivated. The Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band and Metlakatla First Nation have recently launched a...

The government of Ontario has tabled a Bill to limit salary increases to a rate well below inflation. This is another example of the Conservative's continuing attack on the workers of Ontario. Never in Ontario's history has this type of legislation...

Ontarians are joining forces across the province to send a message to the government: stop cuts and privatization of public services that hurt Ontario families. Actions will be held on June 7 & 8 in more than 25 Ontario communities to tell the...

The government of Ontario has tabled a Bill to limit salary increases to a rate well below inflation. This is another example of the Conservative's continuing attack on the workers of Ontario. Never in Ontario's history has this type of legislation...