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CANADA: Innovation minister defends 'superclusters' following critical report

CANADA: Innovation minister defends 'superclusters' following critical report

Navdeep Bains says Canada's superclusters, which fuse public and private money to promote innovation, are succeeding in commercializing ideas and creating middle-class jobs
CANADA: Advocates call for migrant care worker protections, document alleged pandemic abuses

CANADA: Advocates call for migrant care worker protections, document alleged pandemic abuses

The Migrant Rights Network said a growing number of the workers who come from abroad to care for children, the sick and the elderly in employers' homes have reported issues like underpayment of wages, longer work hours and even evictions
ONTARIO: Ford says COVID-19 numbers 'moving in right direction'

ONTARIO: Ford says COVID-19 numbers 'moving in right direction'

Ford's comments come days after the province reported its highest single-day increase in new infections since the start of the pandemic
CANADA: COVID-19 has exposed the need for better supports for families, parents

CANADA: COVID-19 has exposed the need for better supports for families, parents

During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents need support now more than ever — including via universal parental support programs
CANADA: EI commissioners say workers, companies want non-partisan review of system, stat

CANADA: EI commissioners say workers, companies want non-partisan review of system, stat

Shortcomings in EI, such as fair worker coverage and access to benefits when needed, have been exposed by the pandemic, commissioners say
ONTARIO: Province's long-term care commission will grant workers anonymity

ONTARIO: Province's long-term care commission will grant workers anonymity

Employees expressed fears of losing jobs, having their hours reduced for speaking out about the spread of COVID-19 in long term care homes across the province, minister says
ONTARIO: Party of 50 teens draws $800 fine in East Ferris

ONTARIO: Party of 50 teens draws $800 fine in East Ferris

The host, an 18-year-old person from East Ferris was charged
COVID-19 How worsening conditions in prisons can further marginalize criminalized women

COVID-19 How worsening conditions in prisons can further marginalize criminalized women

Prisoners have said the system is broken for a long time
CANADA: Tech CEOs want prosperity strategy from Trudeau

CANADA: Tech CEOs want prosperity strategy from Trudeau

In a letter they sent to Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, 133 executives say Canada needs a plan to champion innovators and help build new jobs and industries as the country grapples with the economic impacts of COVID-19
COVID-19: In virtual courtrooms, the absence of non-verbal cues may threaten justice

COVID-19: In virtual courtrooms, the absence of non-verbal cues may threaten justice

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that courtrooms have been forced to become virtual, but is the long-term adoption of technology a threat to justice?