57 per cent of Canadians feel they have more job security today than they did a year ago What a difference a year makes. Canadians are feeling more relaxed this Labour Day, with well over half saying they are more secure in… Continue reading
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Canadians and small firms oppose forced union dues
84 per cent of the country's small businesses agree that employees should be protected from being forced to pay union dues A survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has found that 84 per cent of the country’s small businesses… Continue reading
Phone customers to get cash rebates following CRTC announcement
"Today's announcement is a positive solution for Canadian consumers," CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein said in a statement. People living in the big cities will get cash back from their phone companies and tens of thousands of rural residents will finally get… Continue reading
Canada’s big telecoms must provide high broadband speeds when selling access to smaller ISP’s
Small Internet providers win access fight against cable Canada’s big telephone and cable companies must provide the highest broadband speeds available when they sell access to smaller Internet service resellers, the federal telecom regulator ruled Monday. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications… Continue reading
Walking away from the HST in British Columbia possible, but not easy say the experts
Critics including the Opposition NDP and former premier Bill Vander Zalm are demanding the province reverse its decision to adopt the HST, The surrender-or-else threat of more than half a million British Columbians demanding their government repeal the much-loathed HST has left… Continue reading
American businesses now joining anti-oilsands campaign
Four more major U.S. companies have joined a movement to boycott or at least reduce the use of fuels made from oilsands crude. It’s another hit to the bottom line of Alberta’s oilsands industry. Four more major U.S. companies have joined a movement… Continue reading
