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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2023 6:14 am Updated October 30, 2023 8:55 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Unifor announced Monday it has reached a tentative deal with Stellantis, ending a brief strike at the automaker. More than 8,200 workers represented …
Read More »Ford Motor workers ratify agreement with Unifor, set precedent
The union that represents 5,600 workers at Ford Motor Co. of Canada confirmed Sunday its members had ratified a three-year contract with the automaker, setting the pattern for upcoming talks with General Motors and Stellantis. Unifor and Ford reached a tentative agreement Tuesday after extending a strike deadline by 24 …
Read More »New agreement between Doctors Manitoba, province considered “landmark” – Winnipeg
By Kevin Hirschfield Global News Posted July 20, 2023 10:52 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The province is calling a new tentative agreement with Doctors Manitoba a landmark and historic deal. It still needs to be ratified, but will provide a $268 million dollar increase in …
Read More »Industry minister asks telecoms for cell service agreement outline in Toronto subway – Toronto
Canada’s industry minister is calling on the country’s major telecom companies to come to an agreement over wireless service in Toronto’s subway system. In a letter on Twitter, Francois-Philippe Champagne said he has taken note of Rogers Communications Inc.’s recent announcement that it’s buying the company that owns the wireless …
Read More »Ontario to see higher numbers of economic immigrants under federal agreement
TORONTO — Ontario is set to double the number of economic immigrants it welcomes to the province under an agreement with the federal government to boost the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program. The federal and provincial immigration ministers are announcing today that the province will have more than 18,000 spots under …
Read More »Side deals on health funding may be reached alongside national agreement: B.C. premier
Premiers have expressed optimism about striking an improved national health funding deal with the federal government, ahead of next week’s meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. British Columbia Premier David Eby said in Ottawa Wednesday that he believed the federal government would present the provinces and territories with details of …
Read More »Alberta First Nation to sign child welfare agreement with feds without the province
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 1, 2023 10:03 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Alberta First Nation is to sign an agreement today with Ottawa giving it the autonomy to administer its child welfare. Louis Bull Tribe at Maskwacis, Alta., south of Edmonton, would …
Read More »Manitoba First Nation to sign child welfare agreement with Ottawa, province – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 31, 2023 9:00 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Peguis First Nation is set to become the first Indigenous group in Manitoba to take control of child welfare under federal legislation that came into effect three years ago. The community north …
Read More »Education workers vote on tentative agreement to be announced Monday
A decision by unionized education workers over the contract offer from the provincial government will be announced at 10 a.m. on Monday. If the deal is accepted by members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) it will mark the end of a controversial struggle that started boiling over …
Read More »Minister pushes for meeting to finalize Athabasca University funding agreement
After months of discussion and extended deadlines, Alberta’s advanced education minister wants the board of governors at Athabasca University to sign an agreement this month compelling more of its employees to work in the town of Athabasca, Alta.. The board’s next meeting was originally scheduled for Dec. 9. On Tuesday, Advanced Education …
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