Reading Time: 3 minutes If the Canada Summer Jobs precedent holds, soon other government agencies will mix public funds and political preferences
Tag: Jobs
Busting the minimum wage myth
Reading Time: 3 minutes An overwhelming number of studies show that raising the minimum wage actually eliminates employment opportunities
Tips for women heading to the executive suite
Reading Time: 5 minutes Assess the reality, take more risks, speak up, increase your visibility, be authentic, and learn to be powerful but still likable
Trans Mountain opponents out of touch with reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C. still exports coal because to do otherwise would be to kill jobs in the province. The contrast with its pipeline stance is startling
Raising B.C.’s minimum wage won’t help working poor
Reading Time: 3 minutes A work-based subsidy increases the income of the working poor without making it harder for employers to hire less-skilled workers
The need to nurture a skills economy
Reading Time: 4 minutes We can’t talk about the future of work without also talking about the future of education
Putting our health-care workers to better use
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s not just about having more doctors. It’s time we used all the skills that the wide variety of health workers have to offer
New hope for Canada’s freshwater fishers
Reading Time: 3 minutes The end of Canada’s federal marketing monopoly opens new doors around the world
Start preparing for the economic impact of Artificial Intelligence
Reading Time: 8 minutes With the hype reaching fever pitch, the key question comes down to how to fund tax revenue shortfalls and higher unemployment costs
The pipeline to the future doesn’t carry the jobs of the past
Reading Time: 3 minutes The ruckus over the Kinder Morgan project is a good reminder that the economic conditions we once enjoyed are on the way out