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CLC says government failing young workers: Only 13% of unemployed youth qualify for EI benefits

Posted: Friday, 10 May 2013

OTTAWA ― The President of the Canadian Labour Congress says that the federal government’s labour market policy is failing young Canadian workers. “Unemployment remains unacceptably high for younger Canadians and only a small frac… Read More

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What did Corporate Tax Cuts Deliver? (2013)

Posted: Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Due to ongoing corporate tax cuts, corporate income tax makes up a falling share of all government revenues. In fact, by the end of January 2011, corporations had fully paid their share of provincial and federal taxes, two days earlier than in 2010.… Read More

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CLC supporting protests against harmful EI changes, austerity

Posted: Friday, 26 April 2013

OTTAWA – The Canadian Labour Congress is offering its support to a series of actions to protest against the conservative government’s harmful changes to EI and its austerity agenda, says CLC President Ken Georgetti.  “The … Read More

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Remarks for Marie Clarke Walker, Executive Vice-President to the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 4400, Saturday, August 18, 2012

Posted: Saturday, 18 August 2012

(Check against delivery) Greetings of solidarity from the officers and the 3.3 million members of the Canadian Labour Congress. Thanks to my President, John Weatherup and officers for your continued show of support by including me … Read More

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Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Conservative government must fix what it broke

Posted: Tuesday, 16 April 2013

As published in the Toronto Star, April 16, 2013 Last year the government announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), indicating that it would fast-track the processing of em… Read More

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Presentation to the Senate of Canada Standing Senate Committee on National Finance Regarding Bill C-45, The Jobs and Growth Act, 2012

Posted: Monday, 3 December 2012

On behalf of the 3.3 million members of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), we want to thank you for the opportunity to present our views. The CLC brings together workers from virtually all sectors of the Canadian economy, in all occupations, in … Read More

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