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A windswept street corner with no sign of life.

When a major employer closes, the whole community feels it 

An illustration of a robot at a computer while a worker exits an office with a box full of belongings.

Canada’s labour protections aren’t ready for the age of AI

Four lanes of traffic.

What problem are return-to-office mandates meant to solve?

An immense dragline operates with a coal-powered generating station in the background. Smoke is coming out of a stack into a grey sky.

Canada missing opportunities to build community resilience amid global realignment

Ontario Premier Doug Ford leads Prime Minister Mark Carney off stage to the right leave following an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

What return-to-office mandates mean for women in the workforce

A line of Canada Post red, blue and white trucks with the slogan “de partout . . . jusqu’à vous” and “From anywhere . . . to anyone” written on the side.

Short termism is costing Canada billions

A white BrightDrop cube van at the entrance of a GM assembly plant with Made in Canada written on the side.

What one factory closure tells us about building resilient communities

Half a dozen workers in protective clothing put pieces of frozen fish into square white plastic pouches.

Voluntary corporate accountability doesn’t work. Canada needs to mandate it.

Smart regulations for long-term care would focus on helping the workforce

How to fix the patchwork system of paid sick leave in Canada

A new voluntary EI program would bring more workers under safety net

Why should taxpayers be on the hook for sick pay when multinationals are raking in money?

What role do unions have in addressing systemic racism?

Are the social sciences and humanities positioned to meet key employment skills?

There are better ways of helping the economy than CEWS

Les changements apportés au Régime québécois d’assurance parentale

Why Canada needs an information tool linking training, skills, and jobs

The other lethal pandemic is worklessness

How supporting skills and training can fuel a resilient recovery

More agricultural workers should become permanent residents

The startling impact of COVID-19 on immigrant women in the workforce

What new disaggregated data tells us about federal public service diversity

Improving the lives of workers will help disaster-proof Canada

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