Tag: Employment and Social Development Canada

Union May File Formal Complaint Against Federal Department for Dropping Mask Mandate Without Consultation

February 16, 2023
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The Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU) may be filing a formal labour-code complaint against a federal department on the grounds that it was not consulted before the mask requirement for in-person visitors to Service Canada locations was recently dropped. Social Development Minister Karina Gould told a parliamentary committee on Feb. 14 that the mandate has been…

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49 Employees Fired From Federal Department for Receiving CERB Benefit While Employed

February 3, 2023
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A federal department responsible for handing out financial benefits to Canadians who stopped working during the COVID-19 pandemic has fired 49 of its own staff who applied for and received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) while they were still employed. Testifying before the Commons public accounts committee on Jan. 2, Mary Crescenzi, assistant deputy…

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49 Employees Fired From Federal Department for Receiving CERB Benefit While Still Working

February 3, 2023
CanadaCanada Revenue AgencyCERBCOVID-19 reliefEmployment and Social Development Canadalaw enforcementWorld
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A federal department responsible for handing out financial benefits to Canadians who stopped working during the COVID-19 pandemic has fired 49 of its own staff who applied for and received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) while they were still employed. Testifying before the Commons public accounts committee on Jan. 2, Mary Crescenzi, assistant deputy…

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Lawyer for Christian University That Won Court Challenge of Summer Jobs Program Says Issue ‘Of Concern to Everybody’

July 7, 2021
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A lawyer representing a Christian university in a case against Ottawa regarding its student hiring program says everyone should be concerned when government funds are conditional on adherence to state-imposed ideas. “It’s about whether or not the government can dictate what people believe, and what beliefs are appropriate and what beliefs are not,” Albertos Polizogopoulos, a…

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