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Senator asks MacKay to spare Atlantic Canada from federal job cuts

A senator from Atlantic Canada is asking the top cabinet minister from the region to persuade the government to spare the region from more civil service job cuts.

Canada's Currency Drops as Europe Drives Investor Risk Aversion

The Canadian currency weakened as speculation policy makers may be unable to contain the European debt crisis prompted a flight to the relative safety of the U.S. dollar.

Air Canada brass walk away from pilot talks

Talks between Air Canada and its pilots union broke off Tuesday, opening up the possibility of job action at the country's largest carrier next month.

Is 'anti-Canadianism' the new 'anti-Americanism?'

An online magazine owned by the Washington Post is the latest international publication to take a jab at the Harper government and its environmental record.

Descendant of asbestos pioneer calls for end to Canada's involvement in its trade

A descendant of one of the earliest pioneers of Quebec's storied asbestos industry has publicly joined the movement to stop Canadian production and export of the deadly mineral.

Is there really "material" excess capacity in the Canadian labour market?

The quality of the jobs that have been created in Canada have been spectacular. Full-time and for the most part in sectors recognized for paying above-average wages.
Canada: no longer just friendly and harmless
It was 2003 when Canada was declared cool on the cover of The Economist magazine. But the timidity is gone. At Davos, Canada's Central Bank Governor Mark Carney, heavily influences the finance debates.
Canada's job market weakest on record
As the monthly labour numbers show a bleak picture of the Canadian job market, those who are working are more likely to be underpaid than they were a year ago.
Canada doesn't have enough workers to tap the oil sands, and the shortage is getting worse
This is almost hard to believe from an American perspective, but the biggest obstacle to growth in the Canadian oil sands is a labor shortage.

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Unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio i 10 largest industrial sectors

Canadian businesses had, on average, 248,000 job vacancies in the three month period ending in September. For all sectors combined, the ratio of unemployment to job vacancies was 3.3. In other words, there were 3.3 unemployed people in Canada for every job vacancy.

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Bad for Business: 4 Poor Facebook Habits

If you don't have a Facebook page for your business, it's not the equivalent of trying to operate without a telephone and modern plumbing. But social media is something almost no business can afford to be without.

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Where 'The Raising standards for leadership in business

The Haskayne School of Business is taking a big step forward in making its mark as a global leader in business education. The centre, which will be officially launched at the University of Calgary in September, will deliver a unique model of leadership development, education and research unlike anything available in Canada.

 

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Global woes to hit Canada: BoC

The Bank of Canada on Tuesday kept its key interest rate on hold, warning the global economy has "deteriorated" and that will slow the pace of growth in this country.

    

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The Economics of the Great Gatsby Curve

Scott Winship questions the idea that greater inequality at a point in time is associated with less generational mobility over time — what the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, Alan Krueger, called the "Great Gatsby Curve"