Advocacy

The Saskatchewan government has announced that the provincial minimum wage will increase to $11.32 an hour from $11.06, effective October 1, 2019. Since 2011 the annual adjustment has been calculated ...Learn More

The Government of Canada has agreed to a predictable, aligned and regularized cycle for all future food labelling changes under item 24 of their Targeted Regulatory Review for Agri-food and Aquacultur...Learn More

At the June 3rd Moncton City Council meeting, Councillors unanimously gave first reading to a bylaw that would restrict businesses from distributing some single use plastic bags (referred to as plasti...Learn More

The B.C. Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) representing the employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) representing the workers have come to a tentative agreement which ...Learn More

As anticipated, Alberta’s UCP government has announced a new $13.00 minimum wage for youth that will go into effect on June 26, 2019.  Concurrently, the government introduced Bill 2: An Act to Mak...Learn More

Despite the hopeful recent signals when the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) returned to the bargaining table earlier ...Learn More

RCC has received advance notice that the Government of Canada’s ban on certain high alcohol flavoured beverages deemed appealing to youth will come into effect on Wednesday, May 29 with no grace per...Learn More

The Saskatchewan government has amended a law to allow survivors of domestic or sexual violence five paid days of leave from work and five unpaid days. Previously, employees in Saskatchewan could take...Learn More

On Monday, May 13, newly elected Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced his governments intent to move forward with two centrepieces of the United Conservative platform, the elimination of Alberta’s...Learn More

An article in the Financial Post discusses the “Beer Store’s near monopoly” According to the national post: “We should blame politicians who set up and maintained a system that...Learn More