Spike in British Searching for International Jobs

 After the British election in late-2019, in which the Conservative Party won a majority vote, internet searches by people in the UK for jobs in Canada spiked.   According to one report, searches for open jobs abroad increased 25 percent after the election results were published. Canada led the results of the countries searched for, […]

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Labor Shortage in Ontario Leads to Request for More Immigrants

The province of Ontario is requesting the Canadian federal government to double the number of economic immigrants allowed to relocate to the region. They are hoping this will provide workers for the skilled labor shortage the province is experiencing. Vic Fedeli, the economic development minister, said the added growth of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program

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Many US States, Counties and Cities Raising Minimum Wage

After years of lobbying by labor groups, several states and cities in the US have raised the minimum wage. Labor groups like the Fight for $15, began fighting for increased wages in 2012 and received much criticism. Spiraling housing costs and widening income inequality are now putting pressure on lawmakers to pass the higher minimum

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New Jobs in Canada Soared by 53,700 in September 2019 

Canada’s unemployment rate has dropped again to close to a forty-year low as the economy added more positions than expected by analysts. The monthly labor force survey from Statistics Canada reported the country added close to 54,000 new positions in September, and most of the jobs were full-time. These numbers caused the unemployment rate in

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