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#ILO; #COVID19crisis; #unemoloyment; #GenderInequality; #LatinAmerica; #Caribbean According to a new regional Labour Overview report by the ILO, with an unemployment rate of 9.6 percent, the region must face the prospect of …
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#Canada; #TaxSupport; #EligibilityExpansion; #BusinessInvestments Ottawa/CMEDIA: Proposals to provide temporary immediate expensing in respect of certain property acquired by a Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC) were included in Budget 2021. Up to …
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#Canada; #Ottawa; #GoFundMe; #FreedomConvoy; #StopPayment; #Lawsuit Ottawa/CMEDIA: The crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced its decision in a blog post onFeb 4 to stop payments to the organizers of Freedom Convoy 2022 …
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#StatisticsCanada; #CanadaJobsReport; #OmicronImpact Ottawa/CMEDIA: Canada’s employment in January fell by 200,000 (-1.0%) and the unemployment rate rose 0.5 percentage points to 6.5%, the first increase since April 2021 January employment declines were driven mainly by Ontario …
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Canada’s Oil Industry. Image credit: Wikipedia #Canada; #GasolinePrice; #CrudeOil; #EightTimesPriceIncrease Calgary/CMEDIA: High gasoline prices across Canada reportedly shattered an all-time record on Friday as crude prices soared above US$90 per …
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Four bodies recovered on the Canada-US border were identified as belonging to Indian nationals. A statement issued by the High Commission of India – Ottawa Further to the report …
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Chrystia Freeland. Image credit: Official #CanadaDeputyPM; #ChrystiaFreeland; #VirtualMeeting; #FinanceMinisters Ottawa/CMEDIA: Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, hosted a virtual meeting on Jan 21 with provincial and …
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#Canada; #StrugglingToProvideFood; #AngusReidInstitutePoll; #ESI Toronto/CMEDIA: Angus Reid Institute’s new poll released on Friday shows that 57 percent of Canadians are struggling to feed their family recently, reportedly an increase from 36 …
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#Ontario; #BuildMoreHomes Toronto/CMEDIA: A virtual summit was provided by Premier Doug Ford and Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, big-city mayors, and regional chairs on Jan 19 to …
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Inflation. Image credit: Pixaby #StatisticsCanada; #Inflation Ottawa/CMEDIA: Canada’s annual pace of inflation rose to 4.8 percent in December, marking its highest since 1991, says Statistics Canada. The pace of price …
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