Pension funds are gambling with Canadians’ retirement savings by placing multi-billion dollar bets on hydrogen's ability to rescue old, polluting gas pipelines from terminal decline, according to a climate finance advocacy organization.
Canada’s 100 richest CEOs made 210 times more than the average worker in 2023, a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals.
By 10:54 a.m. Thursday, the first official work day of the New Year, these CEOs will have already made, on average, $62,661 — as much as the average worker makes in a whole year.
Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport workers are waging Canada’s longest hotel strike, surpassing 1,300 days on the picket line. Their fight began when the hotel terminated 143 long-term workers, mostly women, after decades of service despite making $33M from the federal government when the hotel was used as a temporary quarantine site.
Strikes by postal workers have paved the way for Canadians to enjoy maternity leave and job security. Now, they are fighting the casualization that threatens so many workers.
Huddled around fires on picket lines across the country, postal workers like myself are carrying a load that many Canadians aren’t aware of.
