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Atlantic Canada / EI stats drop in after changes aimed at seasonal work
A disproportionate drop in employment insurance recipients in Atlantic Canada suggests federal EI restrictions are having a negative impact that will only get worse as seasonal industries lay off staff, critics say Continue reading
Canada / BC and Ontario talk tactics against Canada Jobs Grant
The provinces are gearing up to battle Ottawa this fall over the federal government’s signature skills-training program, with British Columbia’s Christy Clark and Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne hunkering down to plan strategy for the coming fight. And in one of the sharpest criticisms yet of the Canada Jobs Grant, Ms. Clark said the program would simply … Continue reading
Canada / Give the provinces full control over EI says Conservative Senator Diane Bellemare
In Créer et partager la prospérité (Creating and Sharing Prosperity), Ms. Bellemare argues for giving the provinces full control over EI. While employee and employer premiums would be the same across Canada, each province would be able to set eligibility rules and decide how to split the funds collected between cash benefits for the unemployed and training programs Continue reading
Canada / The Jobs Data Mystery goes on (Well, we know that the LFS sample is small…)
Statistics Canada released payroll data Friday for the month of July, numbers that come nearly two months after the agency released the closely-watched labor force survey for that same month. Continue reading
Young and Jobless in Ontario / A report by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Five years after the global economic meltdown, youth employment levels remain significantly depressed, tracking much lower than the national average. Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / There is no single, magic solution to skills needs across Canada” say the Provinces and Territories
“There is no single, magic solution to skills needs across Canada” writes the Forum of Labour Market Ministers in a position paper on to the Canada Job Grant proposal titled Building Skills Together Continue reading
Canada / 47 per cent saying they had already found their dream jobs says a survey
A dream job may not be as elusive as you think. Nearly half of Canadians recently surveyed said they were already working in their dream jobs, according to a poll by the Bank of Montreal. The survey results, released Wednesday, listed 47 per cent of respondents as saying they had already found their dream jobs, … Continue reading
Canada / In June, for every job vacancy, there were 6.3 unemployed people, up from 5.2 a year earlier
Canadian businesses reported 216,000 job vacancies in June, down 47,000 from June 2012. For every job vacancy, there were 6.3 unemployed people, up from 5.2 a year earlier. The increase in the unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio was the result of fewer job vacancies, as the number of unemployed people was little changed. Ratio increases in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Chart 1 Unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, all unemployed, by … Continue reading
Canada / “I want to see First Nations programs based around jobs” – Chief Clarence Louie
In 2007, Chief Clarence Louie, the no-nonsense leader of British Columbia’s Osoyoos Indian Band, was appointed to a five-person federal panel reviewing the operations of the Correctional Service of Canada. There was much that troubled him, as he toured federal penitentiaries. He was distressed, but hardly surprised, by the overrepresentation of First Nations and other … Continue reading
Canada / The Jobs Gap for Immigrants
Immigrants are less likely to have a job than their Canadian-born counterparts, according to Statistics Canada data Continue reading
Canada / Immigrant Selection Policies impose an annual fiscal burden of $20 billion says the Fraser Institute
This paper reviews the history of Canadian immigration policies and documents that the present policies impose on Canadians a fiscal burden of $20 billion annually Continue reading
Canada / Top 1 per cent earn 7 times Canadian median finds the National Household Survey
Canadians in the top 1 per cent are paid more than $191,000 a year, according to the National Household Survey, which takes a closer look at how governments take from the rich and give to the poor Continue reading
1000s of Teaching jobs available in Korea for recent canadian and american grads
American and Canadian college graduates, facing a lackluster jobmarket at home, are capitalizing on this trend by taking English-teaching positions in countries like South Korea Continue reading
Canada / 46% of students plan starting a business after graduation
According to the BMO, almost half of Canadian post-secondary students surveyed — 46 per cent — said they see themselves starting a business after graduation. Continue reading
Canada / Hiring Plans Remain at 3-Year Low according to Manpower
Canadian employers’ hiring plans held at the lowest level in three years on reduced optimism in the mining and education industries, according to a survey by Manpower Inc Continue reading
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