Posts under ‘Employment’

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Quebec will soon sign an agreement with France that provides labor mobility to their citizens. This will set a tone for the upcoming Canada-EU free trade negotiation, and if succeed, will provide citizens of the two jurisdictions free labor mobility. This is both exciting and visionary. As I study the more on the topic of [...]

Article from Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/496573
When it comes to economy, the Conservative gets it, the NDP doesn’t! Buddhist has a saying that the only constant in this univese is change. We are living in the 21st century and our economy is constantly changing. It used to be cheaper to produce cars in Canada and that is [...]

My wife recently joined me in Canada and to better equip herself for job search, she decided to visit a settlement agency for advice. She signed up for a job search seminar on how to market oneself. Here are a few things she learnt from the seminar:
- Don’t bother with cover letters, nobody reads them.
- [...]

Foreign workers holding “open” work permit in Ontario are currently not eligible for provincial health coverage (OHIP). Until the problem is resolved, they should seek private coverage like those newcomers to the province.
Original article from Toronto Star: http://healthzone.ca/health/article/495689

Elizabeth May of the Green Party proposes a complete revamp of our welfare system by replacing all welfare with one single pay check. While this is truly revolutionary in North American welfare systems, the reality needs to be checked.
This works perfectly well for those living under or near proverty level, when they have little asset [...]