High school student Andy Wei wants to get more of his peers engaged in economics, so he created the Canadian Economics Olympiad. Top participants in an upcoming event can secure a spot on a national team to compete in a virtual global competition.
iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Apr 27, 2021 6:31am Bank of Governor Tiff Macklem testifies before the House finance commitee today. LUCAS OLENIUK / TORONTO STAR
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem can expect to be cross-examined over what
Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre describes as the “crackpot ‘Modern’ Monetary Theory of paying bills with printed cash” when he appears before
FINANCE later today to go over the details of the latest quarterly report on monetary policy, which was released last week.
Following the one-hour session with the central bank chief,
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux and his team will brief MPs on their recent “economic and fiscal outlook.” (4 – 6 PM)
iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Apr 25, 2021 4:00pm Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in the House of Commons in November 2020, will see her inaugural budget put to a vote on Monday. (CPAC)
It may not be a cliffhanger, but it will still mark a milestone for the minority Liberal government: Barring a sudden twist in the cross-aisle plot,
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s inaugural budget is expected to sail through the last of three votes required to secure the official preliminary approval of the House on Monday evening. This will bring to a close the latest round of confidence checks with her party still in power, at least for the moment.
Labour
Angela Gismondi February 3, 2021
Many women in the construction industry with children often have to choose between taking a job and taking care of their children.
“Everything goes around the kids,” explained Patricia Tejeda during a recent online discussion hosted by the Toronto Community Benefits Network (TCBN).
A single mother from the Dominican Republic with two young kids, Tejeda said, “To be able to accept a job offer and also to have the kids in school and pay for care or pay a salary to a caregiver, there is no way that I can do it right now.
“If I don’t have the subsidy and the help there is no way I can pay for rent, car, insurance, food, the basics.”
Associations
Don Wall February 2, 2021
Canada’s new Afro-Canadian Contractors Association celebrated its launch the first day of Black History Month with its first president acknowledging that the ACCA has assigned itself multiple challenging mandates.
“We started talking about this organization three years ago, and we’ve had lots of meetings, but COVID sort of pushed it back,” said Toronto-based contractor Stephen Callender. “Then the George Floyd incident happened and we thought we should move faster.”
The group was formed in September with a six-person board of directors and it was decided February, Black History Month, was the best time to have a formal launch. The ACCA has strength in Toronto at this point but Callender said its reach will be national.