Number of students in public service hits 10-year high as union warns against use as cheap labour
The federal student program remains ‘a key recruitment priority’ says the government, as it looks to shrink Canada’s public sector.
Protectionism is not the answer on Chinese EVs
Our government, supported by the official opposition, is doing more harm than good by ignoring due process and undermining the global rules-based system.
Nearly half of Canada’s public servants are now millennials, but Gen X holds onto management reins
Millennials’ ‘fingerprints’ are now on the federal public service, says Deloitte’s Stephen Harrington, while a Carleton University professor says the demographic could be better divided into those hired pre- or post-pandemic.
Canada can’t afford to leave its youth behind
Youth employment is vital to a thriving Canadian economy.
GAC’s ability to perform essential duties, sustain foreign presence threatened by financial crunch: memo
As billions of dollars get invested in Canada’s defence, Ottawa’s other international apparatus is being left behind, say current and former diplomats.
Green transition offers a chance for Canadian wealth creation
Providing patient, long-term capital for our future winners is critical.
If labour dispute goes ‘sideways’ it could derail Liberal cabinet retreat, says Nanos
If the union decides to ‘kick and scream’ in the face of binding arbitration, it could take steps that would lead to trains not running, says labour law expert Bruce Curran.
An opportunity to fulfill a promise: the Canada Disability Benefit
The Canada Disability Benefit Act was passed unanimously in Parliament with all-party support. It is every party’s responsibility to fulfill its promise.
Canada has to focus on becoming a genuine innovation nation
If Canadians want a better-performing economy, then much more attention will have to be focused on innovation-driven productivity, skills training, and bringing more Canadians into the workforce and keeping them there for longer. But immigration will also matter.
Markets see ‘settling of nerves’ after dramatic drop, but recession talk is ‘brutally devastating’ for governments, say observers
If there is a recession, the Liberals’ fiscal plan would go ‘out the window,’ says former business journalist Theo Argitis. Carleton’s Ian Lee says that underlying economic hardship means a change in fiscal policy direction is inevitable.
