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9.5% in wage increases over four years but frustrations with SAHO remain.

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B.C. Health Coalition report says 'explosion' of for-profit clinics jeopardizing equality and fairness of the health care system.

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Increasing percentage of mutual fund voting power is being exercised to vote against management

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"It is time to fix the problems of workplace pension plans for Canadians."

Toronto (27 September 2010) – The joint federal-provincial pension reform process is not moving fast enough slowly and should include a national forum of regulators and stakeholders, according to a study released last week from the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto.

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Shawn Graham becomes the first premier in the history of New Brunswick to be denied a second term in office.

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Preliminary data suppressed by government during Commons debates reveals impact of abolishing two-for-one remand credits when inmates are sentenced to prison.

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No formal admission of fault but Bell agrees to address complaints of customers charged late fees despite paying bills on time through a financial institution.

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'Our members need to see real gains after years of concessions and crumbs. We won't settle for an agreement that includes no improvements and no employment security.'

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Georgina Beyer was elected Member of Parliament in New Zealand in 1999, the first openly transgender person in the world to hold a national office

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'The proposed process is unnecessarily heavy handed.' - Elisabeth Ballermann.

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A triumph for all administrative professionals, union says.

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76 hospitals surveyed across Ontario in advance of new Occupational Health and Safety Act amendments.

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'We haven’t received a wage increase in eight years and we’re fed up.' - Laura Webster.

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Harper government's tough-on-criminals agenda means province will have to build additional facilities to hold a wave of new inmates sentenced by the courts, BCGEU says.

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Quebecor operating le Journal de Montreal with electronic strikebreakers 20 months after locking out workers.

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