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Ottawa killed Katimavik – and missed boat on youth jobs strategy

The 2012 federal budget not only missed the opportunity to create a youth employment strategy.

Oilsands profits artificially inflated, Mulcair says

New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair turned up the rhetorical heat by saying profits earned by oilsands firms were artificially inflated.

Hundreds of policy jobs slashed in latest round of federal job cuts

Hundreds of policy analysts are losing their jobs in the latest rounds of cuts to the public service.

New small business reforms a 'game changer' for Canada
The Conservative government unveiled an aggressive plan on Monday to cut red tape for small businesses in Canada, with Treasury Board president Tony Clement calling it a "game changer."
Should Canada's public servants be able to opt out of union dues?
Conservative Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre said that Canada's largest union of federal civil servants should not have endorsed Quebec's separatist parties and is now calling for legislation that would allow workers to opt out of paying union dues.
Federal job cuts happening mostly outside Ottawa
Cuts to the federal public service appear to be occurring mostly outside Ottawa — which is not how the federal government cast its job reductions when it first announced them earlier this year.

 

 

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Canada PM: Economy 'Biggest, Most Important' Issue In 2012

The economy will continue to be the "biggest and most import" issue facing Canada in 2012, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday in an television interview with CTV.