In Eidlin’s opinion, the employer had little reason to meaningfully bargain with workers, knowing that in short order the government would intervene to end the strike and bail them out. “This employer was banking on the strike creating enough of a crisis to justify government intervention,” Eidlin said.
Canadian politicians have increasingly taken to social media to campaign as well as communicate with constituents, sharing updates on policies, local events, emergencies or government initiatives.
Canadian trade officials have launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese-built truck bodies after imports surged more than tenfold in three years, hammering pricing and order books for Canadian manufacturers.
Health Canada says more than $20-million worth of pharmaceutical products were lost from the national stockpile this year because of a temperature-control issue, spurring a call from the federal Conservative health critic for a House of Commons investigation.
The head of Canada’s intelligence service described his fight against the national security challenges posed by China, Russia, Iran and India on Thursday in his first public speech on the threats facing the country.
As revealed a few days ago by Ottawa Citizen defence correspondent David Pugliese, the Department of National Defence (DND) has come up with a plan. He reports that at the end of May, Chief of the Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan and Deputy Minister of National Defence Stefanie Beck issued a directive calling for a personnel increase of over 1000 percent in the armed forces reserves.
[This is an op-ed by Dennis Molinaro, a former national security analyst and policy adviser for the Canadian government. A frequent media commentator on intelligence and foreign interference issues, he has taught courses on modern espionage, human rights law, and national security at several universities, including the University of Toronto.]
October marked the 10th straight month of decline in the number of Canadian travellers to the US. Air travel from Canada to the US dropped nearly 24%, while car travel fell more than 30% when compared to the same period last year, according to data released this week by Canada’s statistics office.
Spies from China and Russia have a significant interest in Canada’s Arctic and those developing its potential, Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Dan Rogers warns.
The fifth estate obtained internal Health Canada reports that reveal the federal government was advised by its own experts to expand access to a greater range of safe and regulated drugs for people across Canada but that instead, at the height of the opioid overdose crisis, the government’s support for safe supply programs was watered down and eventually ended in March.
Winnipeg Transit’s crackdown on fare evasion has denied nearly 5,000 rides in just over two months, according to new figures released Wednesday that the city says shows progress on curbing revenue loss and safety concerns.
Nearly two years after complaining to Hockey Canada about bullying and sexual misconduct on a Hamilton youth hockey team, a family is relieved they don’t have to keep it secret anymore.
Since last year, an investigation into the ability of new grocers to set up in the Halifax Regional Municipality has been quietly ticking along under Competition Bureau Canada.
Guitard was sentenced to 27 days in jail, followed by 12 months of probation. He was also fined $1,500, is prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years and is prohibited from driving for 12 months.
“Hundreds of thousands of households are without power Tuesday morning across Quebec after a first night of relentless snowfall brought as much as 35 centimeters of snow to parts of the province. Some school boards are asking that students stay at home.”
Some municipalities in Manitoba are renewing calls for the province to make legislative changes to reduce the role police play in responding to crises as rural and northern communities deal with staffing challenges with law enforcement and an increase in mental health calls.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will open Canada’s new consulate in Greenland’s capital this week, as both allies seek to deepen ties amid turbulent relations with the U.S.
Over 250 Quebec doctors are applying to be able to work in Ontario, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The surge of applications is happening in the wake of a controversial bill reforming doctors’ pay, which was passed on Oct. 25 in Quebec.
An Ontario judge has dismissed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach’s bid to quash his committal to stand trial on one of the dozen charges he faces in his Toronto sexual assault case.
A court document reveals what a criminologist calls a “striking list” of offences by a Winnipeg police officer who used his position to engage in a range of illegal activity for which he’s now expected to serve prison time.
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccine.
For the first time in more than 100 years Albertans are talking about a general strike, inflamed by the provincial government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to force striking teachers back to work.
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