Ontario pay equity plan sparks business fear and backlash
The Ontario pay equity law, unique in Canada, faces opposition from retailers and business groups led by the Retail Council of Canada. Critics warn of bureaucracy and cost while arguing wage gaps reflect supply and demand rather than discrimination. The piece also notes speculation on a silver market rebound through 1987.
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Ontario
Canada
NDP
Tories
Retail Council of Canada
Alasdair McKichan
McKichan
Pay Equity Commission
Prairie history books shine with top quality updates
Grant MacEwan champions Canadian Prairie history urging more people to learn about figures like John Ware and Lord Selkirk. A surge of readable prairie histories arrives with Gerald Friesen’s The Canadian Prairies A History Pierre Berton’s The Promised Land and Mark Abley’s Beyond Forget detailing diverse communities and local stories awaiting readers in libraries.
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Grant MacEwan
Great Plains
Saskatchewan
Dr. MacEwan
John Ware
Charles Nobels
Lord Selkirk
Marie-Ann Lagimodiere
MacEwan
Bow Island
Gerald Friesen
Manitoba
Prince Albert
Canadian Prairies
U. of Toronto Press
Pierre Berton
McClelland and Stewart
Yen
Mark Abley
Douglas and McIntyre
Abley
Prairies
Cardston
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