About 35% of survey respondents in 189 countries said they’d move to Canada The global workforce is increasingly mobile with more than 35 per cent of respondents to a Boston Consulting Group survey saying they’d be willing to work in Canada. That puts Canada behind only the U.S. and Britain as a preferred destination…
National Inuit org “concerned” about Canada’s position on indigenous rights A rejected aboriginal education act, a controversial financial transparency act, persistent calls for a national public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, court challenges to major energy projects and rumblings of more Idle No More protests. [Read More…] Julia Strickland, Leading Californian Litigator, on…
Brian Mulroney says Supreme Court criticism ‘sends wrong signal’ Former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney says it was “unhelpful” and sent “the wrong signal” for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to publicly criticize Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. [Read More…] Julia Strickland, Leading Californian Litigator, on Getting to the Top in Law – See more at:…
National inquiry wouldn’t impact investigations: RCMP The director of the RCMP’s aboriginal policing unit says a national inquiry is “immaterial to the prevention efforts that we are implementing” and wouldn’t impact the force’s investigations. [Read More…] Julia Strickland, Leading Californian Litigator, on Getting to the Top in Law – See more at: http://www.thenextwomen.com/2012/12/21/julia-strickland-leading-californian-litigator-getting-top-law#sthash.rK6XRXEF.dpuf Archeologists uncover…
Temporary foreign worker agency Actyl Group sues McDonald’s Canada A company that recruits temporary foreign workers on behalf of Canadian employers has filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s Canada, alleging breach of contract and defamation of character. Graeme Young, the Manitoba lawyer representing Actyl Group Inc., which has recruited temporary foreign workers for McDonald’s in Western Canada, told…
Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW…
Alberta-B.C. joint study to explore viability of moving oil by rail by Steven Chua, posted on Canadian Manufacturing A report has been handed in to the British Columbia and Alberta governments examining the idea of transporting oil sands crude via rail if proposed pipelines don’t get the green light, government documents show. It’s an idea…
SWN returns to court Monday seeking injunction extension, posted by CBC News The energy company doing shale gas exploration in southeast New Brunswick will return to court on Monday to ask a judge to extend the injunction holding protesters at bay. The injunction prohibits protesters from getting closer than 250 metres to the front or…