The holiday highlights the struggle for achieving a suitable work/life balance for many Canadian workers TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – As most workers in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan enjoy the Family Day holiday, Randstad Canada, the country’s leader for staffing, recruitment and HR Services, reinforces the importance of remembering that optimum employee contribution [...]

Thursday, February 16, 2012 – We welcome today the introduction of Bill C-398, a critical humanitarian bill to reform Canada’s flawed Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR).  After nearly eight years of waiting for Canada to deliver on its pledge to help get more affordable medicines to African and other developing countries, Parliament once again has [...]

TORONTO, Feb. 16, 2012 /CNW/ – New national public opinion research reveals Canadians believe citizenship is more than having a passport and obeying the law. While these things are important, when asked what makes someone a good citizen, Canadians also emphasize: treating men and women equally (95%); accepting those who are different (82%); protecting the [...]

ST.JOHN’S, NL, Feb. 15, 2012 /CNW/ – The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter has received several reports of door-to-door canvassers purporting to be collecting donations on behalf of the Foundation in different St. John’s neighbourhoods during the last two weeks.  The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada does not solicit funds through [...]

OTTAWA, Feb. 15, 2012 /CNW/ – Members of Parliament are expected to vote today to send Bill C-19 to the Senate, which, if passed, ends the long-gun registry and destroys all long-gun data collected since the registry’s inception. Victims of gun violence and women’s safety experts are outraged at the possibility that Bill C-19, a [...]

Third Reading of legislation to scrap long gun registry a milestone for outdoor community PETERBOROUGH, ON, Feb. 15, 2012 /CNW/ – Later today, the House of Commons will hold Third Reading on Bill C-19, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and Firearms Act (Ending the Long Gun Registry Act). “We are pleased that this [...]

OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 14, 2012) - The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, and the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today introduced in the House of Commons the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, a Bill that would provide law enforcement and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) with [...]