Concerns diminishing about pension risk as a long-term crisis
While pension risk continues to be a 'hot button' issue for many organizations, a recent survey reveals that many Canadian CFOs are less likely to see the situation as a long-term crisis
April 2008
New drug licencing bill gambles with lives of Canadians
'Rushing new drugs to market as swiftly as possible.' - NUPGE President James Clancy
SGEU planning big May Day rally at Saskatchewan legislature
Protesting two anti-worker bills tabled by right-wing government of Premier Brad Wall
OPSEU launches petition to win rights for college part-timers
Demanding immediate legislation to allow unionization at 24 Ontario campuses
Ontario Bans Sale and Use of Cosmetic Pesticides
Happy Earth Day Ontario!
Media Release from the Canadian Environmental Law Association
Ontario Bans Sale and Use of Cosmetic Pesticides
Happy Earth Day Ontario!
Media Release from the Canadian Environmental Law Association
April 22 is Earth Day in 180 countries around the globe
NUPGE urges everyone to mark the occasion by advocating action on climate change
NUPGE pamphlet: Keep the Internet open and democratic
Citizens should control the greatest innovations in communications history
OPTrust set to eliminate deficit
OPTrust pension plan expected to soon eliminate the Plan’s current funding deficit and have a surplus, based on double-digit returns from 2003 to 2006
Funding limits exacerbates pension shortfalls: C.D Howe Institute
The decline of DB pension plans in Canada is being exacerbated by federal laws and regulations that foster employer underfunding
Toronto (15 April 2008) – The decline of defined-benefit (DB) pension plans in Canada is being exacerbated by federal laws and regulations that foster employer underfunding, says a study released today by the C.D. Howe Institute.
Child care polices of Harper Conservatives are failing badly
New study reveals the smallest increase in regulated child care spaces in some years
Government Paralyzes Parliament’s Environmental Agenda
Youth and climate change activists across the country are trying to stop the government from killing the Climate Change Accountability Act, Bill C-377. Endless hours of conservative filibustering have driven the committee meetings into the wee hours.
Pressure growing for CRTC to deal with net neutrality
'Most significant legal development in the Canadian net neutrality debate yet.' - Michael Geist
Report says one in eight Ontario children living in poverty
Poverty afflicts 12.6% of all Ontario children including 44% of all children in low-income families
Quebec's baby boomers
Legislation designed as an incentive for the Quebec’s large number of baby boomers to keep working pass 55 to ease an impending labour shortage.
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan faces shortfall
Plan facing a $12.7 billion shortfall, about 11 percent short of meeting current pension obligations.
Harper government sides with big telecom companies
Industry Minister Jim Prentice refuses to step into controversy over Internet 'traffic shaping'
Four unions seek equal pension rights for Ontario paramedics
AMO should treat paramedics the same as police and firefighters