Potential Air Canada pilot strike: Key FAQs and why the anger at …
WEB1 day 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 …
WEB2 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 …
WEB2 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 ...
Leading business groups ask Liberals to send Air Canada pilot …
WEB3 days ago · At the Liberals’ caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C, MacKinnon was asked if he would send this dispute to arbitration. He said he would not get into hypotheticals and was committed to the bargaining process. That process in this case has yielded significant progress in terms of solving the issues, he said, adding that while significant issues remain unresolved, he sees forward momentum in the talks.
House targets to pass 2025 budget by Sept. 25
WEB3 days ago · MANILA – The House of Representatives is targeting the approval of the proposed PHP6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 on the third and final reading by Sept. 25, a House leader said on Thursday.. House Appropriations Committee senior vice chair and Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo said the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) is scheduled for plenary debates beginning Sept.16.
The evolution of China Inc. and the challenges for Canada
WEB4 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 ...
The Liberal-NDP deal is dead — but that doesn’t necessarily mean …
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Trudeau asked about NDP move to end deal with Liberals. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced online that he was ending his party’s supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals, said he hopes the NDP ‘stays focused’ on delivering for Canadians rather than politics.
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’s treatment of internationally trained physicians …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · By Elliot Goodell Ugalde, Queen’s University, Ontario, The Conversation. Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has recently come under intense scrutiny, with a new United Nations report by a Special Rapporteur characterizing it as a systemic “breeding ground for contemporary slavery.”. The report criticizes the Temporary Foreign Worker Program for limiting workers’ freedom of ...