Advocates for both workers and employers are unimpressed with the Liberal government’s changes to Canada’s temporary foreign worker program. The government initially loosened the program’s regulations...
Housing Minister Sean Fraser said Sunday that the federal government will curb the number of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) coming into the country after a post-COVID...
Canada’s economy shed 2,800 jobs in July while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.4 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Employment fell in wholesale...
Without another funding top-up to the Labour Market Transfer Agreement (LMTA) from the federal government, the province says it’s been forced to put the Canada-Alberta job...
The Bank of Canada wants the economy to pick up speed again and some members of its governing council are concerned that weak job market conditions...
Employment and Workforce Development Minister Randy Boissonnault told business associations Tuesday that the federal government is considering refusing temporary foreign worker (TFW) applications under its low-wage stream,...
Walmart Canada said on Thursday it invested $53 million to increase hourly wages for about 40,000 of its store associates earlier this month. The move comes...
Uncertainty in the automotive industry is impacting the tool and mould industry in the Windsor area, according to those in the industry. Some automakers are holding...
The federal government has named Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan as defence chief. As CBC News first reported last week, Carignan’s appointment makes her the first woman to hold...
Persistent staffing shortages in the health-care sector across Canada in the wake of the pandemic have led some organizations, including some provincial government agencies, to increasingly call upon...
As the federal temporary foreign worker program expands, employers in Alberta are relying on them more to fill labour gaps in business, finance and administration roles....
Businesses’ demand for temporary foreign workers has surged across the country in recent years, with employers given the green light to hire more than double the...