Inadequate retirement income is the focus of an upcoming December meeting of federal and provincial finance ministers. It comes on the heels of recommended overhauls of the pension system in […]

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff’s finger was back on the trigger again last week, threatening Prime Minister Stephen Harper with toppling the Tory minority government. In other words, same song, different […]

Alberta’s jobless toll may be the highest in 13 years, but the worst is yet to come as companies continue to cut workers during a deep recession, say economists. Alberta’s […]

Premiers should demand an end to federal dithering on efforts to fix Canada’s broken unemployment insurance system, says labour leaders REGINA-As Alberta’s unemployment rate soars to levels not seen since […]

REGINA – Labour groups from across the country say Canada’s premiers need to pressure Ottawa to change the employment insurance system.The Canadian Labour Congress says new job numbers show the […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour is calling for changes to the Employment Insurance Program following the latest jobless numbers. The stats, which were released this morning, show Canada’s jobless rate […]