Where power lies

This is interesting. CHICAGO (Reuters)—Chicago’s city council Wednesday passed one of the nation’s strictest “living wage” laws, requiring large retailers to pay escalating hourly wages and benefits.Opponents said they would challenge the ordinance in court, arguing that it unfairly singles…

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40% is a lot

Maclean’s magazine’s online poll asks the question: Should the fiscal imbalance make tax revenues continue to be transferred from rich to poor provinces to ensure equal public services across Canada? At 8 am this morning, 40% said no. Now, they…

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Work, work, work!

Check this out: Survey says grads prize balance, ethics over payCanada’s newest college grads prize work/life balance over all other benefits, according to a new survey of university students born between 1979 and 2001. The flexible work environment they covet…

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