By Joshua Freeman TORONTO -- Premier Doug Ford says the provincial government will be making $300 million available to help businesses that will be hard hit by the latest restrictions being imposed to halt the spread of COVID-19. The province announced Friday that a modified set of Stage 2 restrictions are being imposed on [...]

By Catharine Tunney The federal government says targeted aid is coming for some businesses hit by closures as a second wave of COVID-19 hits parts of the country. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, flanked by the prime minister and other cabinet colleagues, announced the new program at a news conference in Ottawa today. "The difficult [...]

The Government of Ontario has announced that employers are now required to screen employees and essential visitors for COVID-19 symptoms in the workplace. “Essential visitors” refers to individuals providing a service in the workplace who are not employees or patrons, such as delivery, maintenance and contract workers. Pursuant to Ontario Regulation 364/20 (the “Regulation”), [...]

By Joan Bryden & Mia Rabson The House of Commons has unanimously passed legislation authorizing new benefits for workers left jobless or underemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the process, the minority Liberal government has survived its first pandemic-era confidence test, assuring at least for now that there will be no election as COVID-19 cases [...]

By Graham Slaughter TORONTO -- After providing millions of Canadians with financial relief since the beginning of the pandemic, the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) will be coming to an end on Saturday and recipients will be forced to transition to a recently updated Employment Insurance (EI) program or apply for three other temporary benefits. [...]

By Aya Al-Hakim A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges the federal government was negligent and discriminatory in how it handled a “mental health crisis” within the national police force. The suit was filed by four RCMP officers on behalf of members who have been diagnosed with or suffered from operational stress injuries. According to a release [...]

By Wallis Snowdon & Jordan Omstead Legal experts are cautioning Albertans to know their rights, especially around dress-code discrimination, after a woman says she was fired from a north Edmonton Honda dealership because of her outfit. Caitlin Bernier has filed a human rights complaint against Alberta Honda after she claims she was told her long-sleeve [...]

By the Ontario Provincial Government TORONTO - The Ontario government is helping protect jobs and businesses by extending protection to prevent temporary layoffs from automatically becoming permanent job losses. Although Ontario is now in Phase 3 of reopening, this extension will give businesses more time to reopen and return to full operations. This extension will [...]

By the Canadian Press Staff TORONTO -- Staffing shortages and a flawed appointments process at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario are saddling some of the province's most vulnerable people with mounting delays as they seek relief for alleged discrimination or harassment, legal experts and advocates warn. A high number of vacancies combined with increased [...]

By Richa Syal The federal government announced on Thursday that the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) will be extended an additional month and then transition to a modified employment insurance (EI) program. The changes will come into effect on Sept. 27 and will be in place for one year, with three additional programs proposed for [...]