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Kenney Tries to Fly Canada Jobs Grant Again
Theresa Oswald, Manitoba’s Minister of Jobs and the Economy, says that she and her provincial and territorial counterparts will get together on a conference call today (Wednesday January 15, 2014) with federal Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney to talk about his Canada Job Grant (CJG) idea. Prime Minster Harper and Kenney want to
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Adscam Redux
2002, enter Stephen Harper, newly minted leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. His very first question in the House of Commons kicked off the Adscam scandal that would lead to the end of the Liberal Party’s hold on government. Fast forward to 2014. Yet another ad scandal is stretching its legs in the Commons,
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Canada Post’s Home Delivery Mistake Explained
Postal Worker David Rennie, who works in a Hamilton Ontario postal centre, shows in an op-ed piece that Canada Post is sending home delivery service to the chopping block without the support of facts. Rennie says in the Hamilton Spectator that, “Scare stories, reported in the media, about financial losses, declining letter mail and employee
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IBEW members help restore power in Ontario
More than 40 Manitoba Hydro linemen headed to Toronto over the holidays to help restore power after the recent ice storm. More than 100,000 Toronto area customers remained without electricity on Christmas Eve. “We commend these members of IBEW Local 2034 for coming to the aid of Canadians in need,” said Manitoba Federation of Labour
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Canadians tell Lisa Raitt no more postal cuts
MILTON, ONTARIO – Postal workers delivered over 12,200 postcards of protest to Lisa Raitt, Minister responsible for Canada Post, today at her constituency office in Milton, Ontario. The postcards were signed by Canadians opposing postal downsizing and closures prior to the corporation’s recent announcement that it intends to cut delivery and raise rates. ‘People are