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Share this article Share this article OTTAWA, ON, May 12, 2021 /CNW/ - The pandemic has disproportionately affected low-wage workers, young people, women and racialized Canadians. Last month, our government released a plan to support them in Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience. This plan will ensure a robust economic recovery that is inclusive of all Canadians and that finishes the fight against COVID-19. Immigrants create jobs, help to drive economic growth and will play an important part in Canada's recovery. Today, the Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister...
Before the pandemic, labour market performance gaps between Canadians and immigrants were either closing or remaining steady. In a recent report, Statistics Canada compared immigrant and Canadian employment and wages between 2000 and 2019. They found the outcomes differed depending on which outcome they were measuring, gender, and years in Canada. The study looked at employment rate, that is instances of employment, as well as weekly wages of men and women ages 25 to 54. Immigrant men who had been in Canada for less than 10 years were getting jobs at a faster rate than Canadian-born men durin...
© Unknown Canadian PM Trudeau and Minister of Defense stand in salute to PLA, Vancouver Canada Haidilao restaurant with 60+ surveillance cameras installed China's Orwellian "social credit system" that records the social and financial behaviour of individuals and corporations across China, using a vast surveillance system, has expanded globally, and is now openly operational at the renowned Haidilao hot pot restaurant, in Western Canada. Ryan Pan, a manager with Haidilao Hot Pot in Vancouver confirmed that over 60 surveillance cameras have been installed in the restaurant at the request of t...
The province will also finish phasing out the lower wage for liquor servers, which critics have called sexist since it is mainly paid to women. Under the policy, critiqued in The Tyee’s Slaves to Tips series, servers could legally be paid $1.25 less an hour than other workers. Both of those moves follow through on commitments the government made three years ago in response to recommendations from the government-appointed Fair Wages Commission. At that time, Bains also announced an initial increase to the piece rate amounts paid to farm workers but said the government would need another six ...