Published: May 5th, 2021
Forty-two per cent of Canadian business leaders believe dampened employee morale and potential increase of burnout amid the pandemic will negatively impact their revenues for the remainder of 2021, according to a new study
The cloud business management solutions provider partnered with national research firm Angus Reid Group to survey 775 business leaders and 1,569 workers across Canada for this study to uncover the impact of burnout on Canadian businesses and examine their outlook towards the remaining 2021and into 2022.
Post-pandemic recovery plans must focus on employee wellbeing
The findings of the survey suggest deteriorating revenues among Canadian businesses for the rest of the year can be a result of the inability of most employees to fulfill their job responsibilities while working from home. One in three (32 per cent) Canadian workers who were surveyed said they believe burnout in their household (themselves or their family) will affect their
Canadian Bishops implore legislators to change course on assisted suicide
The Catholic Bishops of Canada issue a statement renewing their call against Bill C-7, the ammendment that expands euthanasia and assisted suicide.
By Lisa Zengarini
The Catholic Bishops of Canada have once again renewed their call against Bill C-7, the amendment to the Criminal Code that further expands euthanasia and assisted suicide (referred to as “medical assistance in dying” - “MAID”) in Canada. Amongst other things, the Bill eliminates the “reasonable foreseeability of natural death” criterion provided for in the law which legalized MAID in 2016, which the by the Superior Court of Québec rejected as “unconstitutional” in 2019. This would allow those who are approaching death, but who are experiencing intolerable suffering and who no longer wish to live to request and obtain euthanasia or assisted suicide. Its provisions also allow euthanasia to be performed without a patient’s