The Globe and Mail Diane Jermyn Published April 19, 2021
As climate change challenges the world, Canadians know we must do better, particularly in business.
Canada’s Greenest Employers 2021, selected by Mediacorp Canada Inc. and celebrated here in this special competition for environmental leadership, have the kind of practical strategies that make a real difference. And as these Greenest companies show, sustainability and success do go hand in hand.
Under the stress of a global pandemic, not only have they continued to green their organizations in so many innovative ways – from electric vehicles to solar reflecting roofs to creating habit for honeybees – but increasingly demonstrate a formalized commitment supporting the global transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Plenty of good reasons to expand child care, but it may not be needed as a short-term fix Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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The she-cession is fading, employment is rebounding and the economy is getting back on its feet. So, what’s an activist government to do?
When the federal Liberals promised “ocean to ocean to ocean” child care last fall, they pointed to one of the most alarming aspects of the pandemic economy – the outsized losses in women’s employment – as a key reason to enact what would be one of Ottawa’s biggest social-program initiatives in decades.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic escalated last year, the country’s employment insurance program was largely shoved aside, unable to cope with a historic shock.
For years, if not decades, the program’s shortcomings were essentially tolerated by policy makers, despite the very real impact on the unemployed and their finances. Over time, EI became less accessible to the unemployed, eligibility rules had grown more complex, and the program failed to keep up with structural changes to a modern labour market.
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Announces Lori Radke as New President and CEO Crohn s and Colitis Canada Toronto, CANADA
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TORONTO, April 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Lori Radke has been selected as the next President and CEO of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. The appointment comes at a pivotal time as the organization embarks upon a new strategic planning process.
Lori brings twenty-five years of progressive leadership experience in business development, marketing, and partnership activation across the corporate and not-for-profit sectors. Most recently at Wilfrid Laurier University where she led the campus-wide development strategy and in executive roles at the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.