WINNIPEG – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
– Chris Aylward, the national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), said in an interview with CBC News on Sunday that picket lines of striking workers may move to “strategic locations” to cause greater disruption to the federal government starting Monday. However, Aylward also said that PSAC and its employer, the Treasury Board, made progress on Sunday towards remote work and wage increases for employees. PSAC and its 155,000 workers have been on strike since Apr. 19.
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– In a new study from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), the average small business owner is working the equivalent of an eight-day workweek due to a lack of staff, especially in Western Canada. According to the study, 59 per cent of small- and medium-sized business owners are working on average 54 hours per week to compensate. In Alberta, that percentage rose to 76 per cent, while 75 per cent of owners in Manitoba and British Columbia are being affected by staff shortages.
– Global Affairs Canada is temporarily suspending operations in Sudan days after it halted in-person operations at its embassy in the capital city of Khartoum. Employees will continue to work from a location outside the country. Opposing military forces led by two rival generals have caused fighting over the past nine days with no signs of a truce to mark the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday. More than 420 people were killed and at least 3,700 others were injured.
