CanAmera Final Offer Touted in Refinery Expansion Talks
Harrowby plant manager Kachig Anspikian defends a wage and benefits package as competitive with industry norms and, despite slim oil margins, cites profits and a new refinery investment. Sanford notes the Canadian dollar low aids earnings while CanAmera boosts pensions and pay to average about $16.71 an hour plus benefits. The offer mirrors or surpasses pay at CanAmera plants in other rural settings.
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Province faces hurdle as funding boosts create skilled labor gap
NDP education critic MaryAnn Mihychuk cites Stats Can showing Manitoba lags in apprenticeships postsecondary enrolment and college diplomas. She traces declines to 1990s funding cuts and cites Roblin Report solutions like doubling community college spaces. The province boosts college funding and expands satellite campuses and new programs at Red River and Assiniboine to address demand.
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