The Department of National Defence is being sued for allegedly misleading a recruit with inflated promises of pay and expenses. An army captain with a degree in engineering named top brass in his lawsuit over claims of unpaid benefits: "My career is at a halt."
A B.C. man is claiming victory after years of court challenges by his employer over an unpaid bonus. A Supreme Court dismissal handed the former employee $60,000 after his ex-boss tried and failed to argue one last appeal to the highest court in the land: "Know when to hold' em and when to fold 'em."
Consumers face a penny tax on imported beef with the ruling of a Department of Agriculture agency. A levy of $1 per head on U.S. cattle – the equivalent of a penny a kilo at the meat counter – will finance industry marketing and research: "It creates a level playing field."
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is being sued by a federal agency for concealing records that may confirm his department violated the Copyright Act. The lawsuit follows complaints from an Alberta firm that Oliver's department distributed surveys without permission, then invoked privacy in withholding evidence that would prove the fact.
The Canadian Transportation Agency has sided with a traveller who was offered and sold a bargain fare -- $557 to fly his family from Rangoon to Montréal -- only to have the tickets abruptly cancelled. The airline called it "damage control"; the agency called it a breach of regulations.
Canada’s doctors are pressing Parliament to consider a guaranteed annual income program after citing poverty as a leading cause of illness. The Canadian Medical Association proposed a federal pilot project of fixed payments to the poor, but did not detail the national cost of such a plan.
The Department of Public Works is under scrutiny as one of Canada’s largest accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, accuses it of unfair practice in awarding millions of dollars in contracts: "The consequences of this are significant."
The Auditor General is complying with a request by six MPs to investigate a grocers’ subsidy program that paid to transport Cheez Whiz to the Arctic. Nutrition North paid out more than $54 million last year without "any research or evaluations" on its effectiveness: "Has this program met expectations?"
Canadian engineers have won a Federal Court case against one of the world’s biggest auto parts makers in a dispute over a noun. Continental Teves Inc., a German multinational, tried and failed to challenge the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers over a slogan on brake parts: "This is important."
Transport Canada is facing demands from municipalities that it respond to safety recommendations from its own advisers in the aftermath of the Lac-Mégantic disaster. Canadian mayors and councillors said the department must address "previously identified safety deficiencies" in the wake of 47 deaths.
A national study suggests a link between air pollution and appendicitis, with physicians appealing for greater awareness of health and environmental issues. Research indicates rates of the illness appear higher in cities with the worst air, from Vancouver to Halifax.
Federal authorities reject nearly a quarter of Canadian employers’ applications for one of the most popular categories of foreign workers -- nannies. Newly-released records of the Department of Human Resources indicate in a single year 24% of applications were dismissed.
A plan to restore St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario water levels to a more natural pattern may reverse 1957 management practices that resulted in lost wildlife and recreation. But commercial users caution predictive water levels are crucial to shipping: "It's impossible to please everyone."
New University of Ottawa research is raising questions over what Canadian corporations learned from the panic of 2008. A study of blue chip companies found only “minor” evidence of greater risk disclosure after the meltdown: "Are they aware of the increased risks?"
The office of a federal food ombudsman is appealing to “let people know we’re here” after receiving few complaints in its first year of operation. The Complaints & Appeals Office established by the Canadian Food inspection Agency said it received a total 82 contacts in its first twelve months of operation.
