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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.

Young man with an artificial leg is working in a furniture factory. He is standing next to a large stack of wood, holding a two-by-four. He is wearing grey coveralls, a plaid shirt and light-brown suede shoes. He uses an artificial limb from the knee down on his left leg. It is a thin metal pole with a slightly larger dark blue piece of plastic just below the knee.

A focus on work needs to be part of the new Canada disability benefit

Artificial intelligence + basic income = Canadian innovation

Un homme est écrasé dans une presse pendant que son patron la resserre sur lui. Sur la partie supérieure de la presse, qui écrase l’ouvrier, il est écrit « bas salaires » en grosses lettres, accompagné des mots « capitalisme », « monopole », « esclavage salarial » et « plutocratie ». Sur la partie inférieure, on peut lire « loyer élevé ».

Inflation : it’s always easier to blame the workers

Immigrant entrepreneurs need targeted support

Une foule de personnes se promène. Un homme porte un grand parapluie noir. Un autre homme tient une pancarte sur laquelle on peut lire « “Nous avons décidé d'investir dans les travailleurs”. Lol k ». La pancarte d'un autre homme dit « Je soutiens mon équipe de négociation ».

A whole new conflict around remote work

Harnessing growth to create positive neighbourhood change

The federal public service strike ends on compromise over wages, remote work

High-quality training programs needed to weather labour market disruptions

CMHC is supportive of renovations, but our tax laws are not

Tensions rise in public service strike that could set trend for workers across Canada

Massive public-service strike could be days away

Canada needs a new economic vision, and new policies to go with it

Will Employment Insurance reform worsen labour shortages? Not likely

More inclusive parliaments start with better workplace conditions

Just transition or smart transition?

Failure to pursue ineligible CEWS recipients could impair tax compliance

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