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Last week, a second Native American-owned corporation announced it was severing a multi-million dollar contract with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after community pressure.   A subsidiary of Oneida ESC Group, a corporation owned by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, cancelled a US $3.8 million contract with ICE for engineering …

U.S. President Donald Trump and tech titan Elon Musk are feuding again, as Trump’s megabill — a budget reconciliation bill projected to add trillions to the country’s federal deficit — passes a vote in the Senate. Trump’s controversial spending bill has been the source of Musk’s ire since the beginning of …

Ottawa says it has banned the largest contractor that worked on the ArriveCan app from entering into contracts or real property agreements with the government for seven years. Public Services and Procurement Canada has announced that GC Strategies Inc. has been deemed “ineligible” after an assessment of the supplier’s conduct. …

Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency were being given a 15-minute window before the end of this week to clear out their workspaces. USAID workers arrived early Thursday under heavily …

Canada’s economy contracted by 0.2 per cent in November, more than expected and the largest monthly contraction since December 2023, Statistics Canada said on Friday. This shrinkage follows a 0.3 per cent increase in October, and was led by a drop in output in mining, quarrying, oil sands extraction and transportation, among others. …

As It Happens5:56In world 1st, Belgian sex workers now have access to contracts, benefits and pensions Many sex workers in Belgium will now be treated like any other worker in the country, with access to employment contracts, maternity leave, health benefits, pensions and more. “Sex work is work, and that …

When Cathy Cooper signed a contract with Rogers Communications four months ago, she says a sales rep told her the monthly price for TV and internet service was guaranteed for two years.  So she was shocked to see her monthly bill increase just three months later, and called the telco giant to …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 2, 2024 6:45 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defencemen Dakota Mermis and Philippe Myers, and forward Cédric Paré, the NHL club announced Tuesday. All three signed one-year contracts …

Ontario awarded nearly $1 million in contracts to various companies to write a business case on moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place on Toronto’s waterfront, The Canadian Press has learned. The $925,075 in contracts, an amount disclosed through a freedom-of-information request, is a fraction of the province’s overall $215-billion budget. However, it is …

Government organizations frequently disregarded federal contracting and procurement rules when awarding contracts to consulting firm McKinsey & Company, the auditor general concluded in a report released Tuesday. At the request of the House of Commons, auditor general Karen Hogan probed 97 contracts awarded to McKinsey between 2011 and 2023, with …