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By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 3, 2024 12:44 pm Updated April 3, 2024 12:45 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Nova Scotia Liberal Party say its handling of a case in which thousands of dollars in public funds were misused …
Read More »Most international students to be allocated to public institutions under new Ontario rules
The Ford government has announced it will be allocating almost every international student to public universities and colleges, with private career colleges set to receive no international student places at all. The new policy — which will see 96 per cent of international students going to public post-secondary institutions — …
Read More »2 Winnipeggers face robbery charges after tip from public leads to arrest – Winnipeg
By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted March 22, 2024 12:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size With the help of the public, police have arrested a Winnipeg duo following a string of robberies. Just before 10 p.m. Thursday, Winnipeg police said investigators used a …
Read More »Edmonton Public Library says tentative deal reached with union, libraries to stay open – Edmonton
Hours after news emerged that a tentative deal between the City of Edmonton and the union representing thousands of its workers had been reached to avoid a strike, the Edmonton Public Library announced Thursday night that it too had reached a deal with the union. In a news release issued …
Read More »Ontario has to pay public sector workers $6B and counting in Bill 124 compensation
Ontario is so far on the hook for more than $6 billion in payments to broader public sector workers as a result of the provincial government’s wage restraint legislation being found unconstitutional. Bill 124 capped salary increases for broader public sector workers at one per cent a year for three years, …
Read More »Public Health Ontario staff awarded retroactive pay as Bill 124 compensation
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 28, 2024 4:41 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Employees of Public Health Ontario labs are set to receive an additional 5.25 per cent in pay increases to compensate for a provincial wage restraint law that was …
Read More »Gender pay gap double in private vs public sector, report says. Why? – National
The gender pay gap for female employees in Canada’s private sector is double that in the public sector, which is doing a better job of narrowing the wage inequalities, according to a report published Wednesday. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) analyzed hourly pay rates in 2023 and to …
Read More »Advocacy group accuses Ontario of trying to ‘dismantle’ public health-care system
A health-care advocacy group in Ontario is accusing the Ford government of deliberately underfunding public health care to benefit for-profit clinics in the province. A new report by the Ontario Health Coalition has compiled a master list of unused operating room capacity — space the organization says the government could …
Read More »Ontario reaches deal with teachers in French-language public system
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 15, 2024 4:12 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province has reached a deal with teachers in the French-language public system. The news comes weeks after members of the Association …
Read More »Ontario public health units show interest and concern over plans to merge
Local councillors and mayors in Ontario are signalling an uneasy willingness to get behind a provincial push to merge some public health units as the Ford government rolls out aggressive timelines to get the process underway by early 2025. As many as nine groupings of public health units have suggested …
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