Education level is one of the most important factors in determining success in the Toronto labour market, according to a report published Tuesday by the Toronto Workforce Innovation Group. Titled, 95 Months: Turbulent Times in Toronto’s Labour Market, the report traces changes in Toronto’s economy since December 2007, just before the global economy lurched […]
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Divides Auto Parts Industry
As the auto parts sector awaits the appointment of a new trade minister, the industry is split over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal that Canada signed and will soon have to ratify. Although the TPP, agreed to in principle on Oct. 5, mandates that tariffs on autos and auto parts be reduced to […]
Toronto Named A Hardest Working City In North America
After an exhaustive review of approximately 400 metropolitan areas in Canada and the U.S., Toronto received the most recent Freightliner Trucks Hardest Working City award for having one of the largest construction, manufacturing, and transportation workforces in North America. “As the fourth largest city in North America and a workforce leader, it’s no surprise […]
Big Bite Why Beef Is Soaring In Price
The winds that blow through Antelope Butte Ranch, located roughly 200 kilometres south of Calgary where the mountains meet the Prairies, are volatile — like the price of beef. Today prices of beef are up and the wind is down. “Sometimes you do well. Sometimes you don’t. These are good years right now,” said Hugh Lynch-Staunton as […]