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  Mark Thomas | Setting the Minimum: Ontario's Employment Standards in the Postwar Years, 1944–1968 | Labour/Le ...
During the late 19th century, labour and employment law in Canada was shaped by the principles of "liberal voluntarism" — minimal state regulation of the employment relationship, both with respect to unionization and minimum standards.
This commitment was made in a context of growing labour unrest, the emergence of the federal welfare state, and the regulation of the former by the later through the labour relations legislation of the postwar settlement.
Canada Department of Labour, "Dominion Legislative Proposals of Canadian Congress of Labour," The Labour Gazette, 42 (March 1942), 291–95; Canada Department of Labour, "Annual Convention of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada," The Labour Gazette, 42 (September 1942), 1040–44.
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  New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cabinet is the most senior policy-making body and is led by the Prime Minister, who is also, by convention, the Parliamentary leader of the governing party or coalition.
The current Prime Minister is Helen Clark, leader of the Labour Party.
On 17 October 2005 she announced that she had come to a complex arrangement that guaranteed the support of enough parties for her Labour-led coalition to govern.
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 Frequently Asked Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Department of Finance Canada is the federal department primarily responsible for providing the Government of Canada with analysis and advice on the broad economic and financial affairs of Canada.
The Department of Finance Canada is a federal government department whereas the Ministry of Finance is a department in several provinces.
Canada is an active member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), created by G-7 leaders in 1989 to develop standards for combatting money laundering and to promote their implementation worldwide.
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 ITWorld Canada - The online resource for Canadian Information Technology professionals.
Digital Copyright Canada makes little headway in its campaign to prohibit the use of measures that would protect technology from interference, even for the purposes of security research...
Designed to provide the missing link between the media files in your iTunes library and today's modern televisions (and their accompanying audio-visual components), the Apple TV nicely simplifies the occasionally daunting process of viewing computer-based content on a television.
This paper is a guide to understanding the role of the IT department in the management of electronic documents and support of e-discovery, given new legislature described as "SOX for the CIO".
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 ScienceDaily: Agriculture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In the Western world, the use of gene manipulation, better management of soil nutrients, and improved weed control have greatly increased yields per unit area.
FAO Agriculture Department and its State of Food and Agriculture 2003-2004 with a focus on the impact of biotechnology
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 University of Toronto Department of Italian Studies
Toronto, Ontario: Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto and The Italian-Canadian Immigrant Commemorative Association, 1999, p.
Binns, Margaret A. Cultural Pluralism in Canada: An Exploratory Study of the Italians and Ukrainians in London, Ontario.
Fainella, John G. "Immigrants from Lazio in Canada." In: A Monument for Italian-Canadian Immigrants: Regional Migration from Italy to Canada, edited by G. Scardellato and Manuela Scarci.
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 Manitoba - Labour Standards
This page provides information and resources on Manitoba and Government of Canada labour standards and employment equity.
Employment Standards – Department of Labour and Immigration, Government of Manitoba
Employment Standards Fact Sheets and Forms – Department of Labour and Immigration, Government of Manitoba
bsa.canadabusiness.ca /gol/bsa/site.nsf/en/su07092.html   (341 words)

  
 History News Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Seven people in Miami videotaped pledging allegiance to al-Qaeda, and 18 people in Canada being picked up with twice the explosives that were used in Oklahoma City, with an explicit threat to bomb the Canadian parliament, and saying they’d like to behead the Canadian prime minister.
Just how similar passages showed up in two books is a tale of how the largely obscure $4 billion a year world of elementary and high school textbook publishing often works, for these passages were not written by the named authors but by one or more uncredited writers.
The remains of the worker, described as a foreign man in his 20s, were found among 121 shattered skeletons in a labourers' tomb 500 metres from the mausoleum in the north-western city of Xian, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.
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 Glossary of Frequently Used Terms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Bank of Canada - bank rate - bankers' acceptance - basis point - Basle Committee on Banking Supervision - benchmark bond - bid - borrowing authority - budgetary spending - budgetary transaction - business cycle - Business Development Bank of Canada.
- labour force - labour market - labour market program - labour productivity - labour sponsored venture capital corporation - large corporations tax - life income fund - locked-in registered retirement savings plan - long-term interest rate - loss carry-over.
- unemployment - unemployment rate - unit labour cost - value-added tax (VAT) - wealth tax - widely held bank - World Bank - World Trade Organization (WTO) - year-over-year change - zero-rated goods and services.
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 Departments and Agencies | Canada Site
This comprehensive list provides direct links to the primary Web sites of Government of Canada departments, agencies and Crown corporations, as well as links to Web sites maintained by organizations for which various departments and agencies are responsible.
If the name of the organization you are looking for is not listed, try consulting the Population Affiliation Report.
It contains information on all current Government of Canada departments, agencies, Crown corporations and special operating agencies, and also includes a listing of organizations that no longer exist or that have been privatized.
canada.gc.ca /depts/major/depind_e.html   (275 words)

  
 Nova Scotia - Labour Standards
This page provides information and resources on Nova Scotia and Government of Canada labour standards and employment equity.
Guide to the Labour Standards Code of Nova Scotia – Department of Environment and Labour, Government of Nova Scotia Printable Version – PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
Labour Standards Division – Department of Environment and Labour, Government of Nova Scotia
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 - HR Proactive Inc, Ontario. Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Highlights of Major Developments in Labour Legislation (2003-2004)
Department of Labour - Occupational Health and Safety
Labour Standards Act (current to 1999) - Part II
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 Canada Post - Collecting
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Department of Labour, Canada Post will issue this domestic-rate commemorative stamp.
The vibrant colours and multiple themes in the stamp's design reflect the rich and varied elements of Canada's labour history; a history which took a turn for the better when William Lyon Mackenzie King founded and created this benevolent institution.
Residents of PE, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, YT and NT, add GST to the price of all products.
www.canadapost.ca /personal/collecting/default-e.asp?stamp=stpdtl&detail=116   (169 words)

  
 Bienvenue au ministère Ressources humaines et Développement social Canada (RHDSC) / Welcome to Human Resources and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Bienvenue au ministère Ressources humaines et Développement social Canada (RHDSC) / Welcome to Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
Les anciens ministères de Ressources humaines et Développement des compétences Canada et Développement social Canada ont été amalgamés pour former le ministère de Ressources humaines et Développement social Canada.
The former departments of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and Social Development Canada have joined to form the department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca   (76 words)

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