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Labour minister orders binding arbitration to end port strikes
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon imposed binding arbitration to end a labour dispute at Canada’s largest ports.
Montreal dock workers locked out after rejecting latest offer: Globe
About 1,200 Montreal dock workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees rejected an offer from the Maritime Employers Association on Sunday.
Labour picture improves on better than expected job growth, lower unemployment
Canada added 47,000 new jobs in September
Government curtails temporary foreign worker program amid rising unemployment
Canada is cutting the number of temporary foreign workers it allows into the country.
MacKinnon orders end to rail stoppages; Teamsters look at legal options
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon ordered trains to start rolling again, to avoid damage to the economy.
Nation-wide rail strike looms over Canada this week
Contract talks between Canada's two largest railroads and unions are going nowhere.
A commodity rout is brewing, and Canada will be at the centre of any fallout: Globe
The completed Hebron Oil Platform, before it was towed out to the edge of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland
Baby boomers, international migration and labour force growth
International migration will help offset the effects in the labour market of baby boomers retiring: Statscan
WestJet scrambles to resume normal operations after strike
Westjet is ‘‘working around the clock to safely bring the 130 aircraft parked across Canada back to the skies,” the company said in a statement.