The Labour Movement Will Thrive or Die This Summer
If Mark Ruffalo can’t win, no one else stands a chance.
If Mark Ruffalo can’t win, no one else stands a chance.
Construction Association of Nova Scotia CEO Duncan Williams estimates Nova Scotia’s construction industry must hire 11,000 new workers by 2030 just to replace the ones retiring. He adds that, for the province to grow to 2 million people, we must build 13,000-to-15,000 new homes a year. Right now, we’re building less than 6,000 a year.
SAINT JOHN — A new discussion paper is shedding light on some of the challenges facing the housing market in New Brunswick. Written by Moncton-based economist Richard Saillant, the paper was commissioned by the Housing Hub of New Brunswick. It is a non-profit housing hub which aims to partner with and drive affordable housing solutions. […]
Opinion: If we can’t solve the region’s workforce issue, we will not be able to maintain our recent positive momentum for growth.
Canada’s agriculture sector is preparing for one of the biggest labour transitions in the country’s history
The country’s unemployment rate remained at five percent as more people joined the labour force.
Demonstrators gathered on Monday in Saint John, Moncton, and Fredericton over Bill 23, which received Royal Assent on Friday.
Real GDP grew by 0.1 percent, similar to the growth the nation’s economy went through over the last three months. Goods-producing industries led that growth, while services-producing industries were essentially unchanged.
Some labour economistsare still making high-level arguments that could have been lifted out of a 1970s textbook. Those arguments are not doing Atlantic Canada any justice.
New Brunswick is proposing legislative changes that labour leaders say will weaken rights for public service employees during labour disputes.