From the Globe and Mail In recent contributions to Economy Lab, Armine Yalnizyan and Mike Moffatt have debated the merits of a minimum wage increase as a way to stimulate the economy. In fact, the best economic evidence seems to show that modest minimum-wage increases have very limited macroeconomic impacts in terms of overall growth and…

Read More

By Sylvia Farley, Executive Director, Manitoba Federation of Labour I have been given the wonderful opportunity of participating as a member of the Canadian Labour Congress Delegation attending the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCWS) which runs from March 4th to 15th in New York City. There are…

Read More

The Winnipeg Free Press reports: A local union says an Edmonton-based contractor is importing foreign labour to do concrete work on the new $239-million Women’s Hospital while giving local trades the cold shoulder. The Construction & Specialized Workers’ Union Local 1258 charges that Pagnotta Industries Inc., a subcontractor on the government-funded project, has so far hired mainly…

Read More

By Lana Payne, President, Newfoundland and Labrador federation of Labour The considerable voices urging the federal and provincial governments to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) in some fashion just got an unlikely ally. A banker. And not just any banker. The president and CEO of CIBC, Gerry McCaughey. He told a pension conference in…

Read More

Hugh Segal, Conservative Senator and former advisor to Premier Bill Davis and Prime Minister Mulroney, has spoken out in defence of trade union rights and against Bill C-377. Ottawa (20 Feb. 2013) – A highly regarded Conservative Senator, Hugh Segal, spoke out against Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for…

Read More