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The Ugly Truth About Bill C-377

Phil Flemming | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Canada Politics News, Senate, Union Transparency, House of Commons Bill C-377, Bill C-377, C-377, Senate Bill C-377, Construction, Unions, Canada Politics News
Phil Flemming

Canadians should be made aware that Bill C-377 is a competition issue, not a national public policy issue. Canadian tax payers will be footing the bill for the design, start-up, maintenance, and monitoring costs that the CRA will incur for the increased union reporting.

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What Union Leaders Aren't Telling You About Bill C-377

Terrance Oakey | Posted 04.07.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Canada Politics News, Senate, Union Transparency, House of Commons Bill C-377, Bill C-377, C-377, Senate Bill C-377, Unions, Construction, Canada Politics News
Terrance Oakey

When the Senate returns this week, one of the major items on its agenda will be Private Member's Bill C-377, which would impose new financial reporting requirements on organized labour. With that in mind, here are five key aspects of the legislation to consider as the Senate debates the Bill and union leaders engage in a renewed propaganda campaign.

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Quebec's Mafia Corruption Is All Out In the Open

VICE | Posted 01.08.2013 | Canada
Read More: Corruption, Montreal, Politics, Corruption Allegations Quebec, Mayor Corrupt Quebec, Canadian, Mafia, Construction, Laval, Gerald Tremblay, Montreal Corruption, Contracts, Quebec Corruption Mayor, Canada News
VICE

On Monday, Montreal's hapless, shaky, angry, and white-haired mayor, Gérald Tremblay, resigned in disgrace. It's no big surprise, really. Gérald had been fighting corruption allegations for years, always claiming that he knew nothing about any corruption seeping into Montreal's municipal politics. Even the most casual city observer would call utter bullshit on that. The mayor's position really became untenable last week when a former top aide, Martin Dumont, dished the goods in front of the Charbonneau Commission, which has been overturning dirty rocks to uncover the filthy world of Montreal's construction contracts.

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Still Planning To Build More..

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.07.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - House-building intentions continued to slow in March, but the construction industry as a whole still looked strong thanks to plans for new in...

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Made in China? More like Destroyed by China

Diane Francis | Posted 07.02.2012 | Canada
Read More: Resources, Angola, Canada, Construction, Enbridge, China, Poland, Chinese Economy, Oil Sands, Sands, Economy, Environment, Oil, Alberta, Canada News
Diane Francis

Not only should China be banned from construction or bidding, but Investment Canada should ban Chinese companies from buying resource companies, or related assets. They low-ball to get contracts, then use shoddy materials, and have no respect for the rule of the law in Canada.

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Canada Sees Drop In Building Permits, But Not As Bad As Forecast

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.10.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the value of building permits issued in November fell 3.6 per cent to $6.1 billion after an especially strong October,...

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Canadian Developers Planning To Build Less

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.04.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Contractors took out $5.6 billion worth of building permits in September, a 4.9 per cent drop from August and their third straight monthly de...

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New Home Construction Up In September: CMHC

CP | Sunny Freeman, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.11.2011 | Canada Business
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TORONTO - Stronger than expected home construction in September drove third-quarter housing starts to their highest peak since 2008, leading some econ...

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Canadian Building Permits Tank

CP | Craig Wong, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.06.2011 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - The value of building permits issued in August slipped for the second straight month, weighed down by a sluggish commercial construction sect...

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Report: Organized Crime Has Ties To Quebec Construction Industry

CP | Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.15.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Anti-Corruption Quebec, Quebec Biker Gangs, Quebec, Construction, Mafia, Construction Quebec, Corruption Quebec, Quebec Mafia, Biker Gangs, Cp, Canada Politics News

MONTREAL - Two years of corruption scandals in Quebec have reached boiling point with the leak of a new study that reportedly describes an elaborate s...

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Canada's GDP Shrinks 0.3 Per Cent In May; No Growth Since March

CP | Posted 09.28.2011 | Canada Business
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TORONTO - The Canadian dollar was lower Friday as reports showed slowing economic conditions in Canada and the United States. The loonie was down 0...

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