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Restoration ongoing at federal properties more than a month after Canada Day flooding, PSPC says
BY Mzwandile Poncana - August 15, 2026
The July 1 storm affected 17 federal properties in Ottawa and two in Gatineau, with roughly 100 staff affected at a CBSA laboratory and workers temporarily relocated at other west-end sites. Read full story
Opinion
AI may advance productivity, but will it give us more time?
BY Jacob Beaulieu - August 12, 2026
Whether AI advances quality of life will depend on the choices governments, employers, and workers make together. Just as previous generations shaped the future of work, so will ours. Read full story
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Ottawa allows AI to help decide who advances in federal hiring, but is there enough oversight?
BY Mzwandile Poncana - August 12, 2026
First published in March 2025, Public Service Commission guidance explicitly allows artificial intelligence to help determine which candidates advance in the federal hiring process, but experts and unions question whether there are sufficient safeguards around bias, human oversight, and transparency. Read full story
Opinion
It is time to ask an uncomfortable question: should airlines remain unionized?
BY Akolisa Ufodike - August 4, 2026
Flight attendants, mechanics, and pilots deserve to be paid fairly for demanding and highly skilled work. But good public policy requires us to examine not only the benefits of wage increases, but also their full economic and social costs. Read full story
Opinion
Team Canada Strong must help apprentices reach the finish line
BY Susan Crowley - August 3, 2026
Fewer apprentices are reaching certification within prescribed timelines, suggesting we need a better understanding of where delays occur along the pipeline from registration to completion. Read full story
News
Public servants living with disabilities say they fear accommodation requests could hurt their careers, Public Service Commission survey finds
BY Mzwandile Poncana - August 2, 2026
Seven in 10 employees living with disabilities who needed but did not request an assessment accommodation feared it would hurt their chances of succeeding, according to a Public Service Commission survey. Interviews suggest those concerns can also influence decisions about promotions, transfers and other career opportunities. Read full story
Opinion
Lessons from the Jasper wildfire: build disaster-ready, energy-secure homes
BY Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland - July 29, 2026
It is a false economy to allow new homes to be built cheaply only to subject residents to costly energy bills, no protection from heat and smoke, and the prospect of no insurance. Read full story
Opinion
Ready, Willing, and Able a model for finding talent
BY Krista Carr,Jonathan Lai - July 29, 2026
For decades, many employers have overlooked a motivated group of workers often due to misconceptions about workplace accommodations or assumptions about productivity Read full story
Opinion
Premiers agree to address Canada’s patchwork accessibility policy 
BY Rick Hansen - July 24, 2026
Forty years after Rick Hansen’s Man In Motion World Tour, premiers across Canada agreed to work together to accelerate accessibility. Read full story
Opinion
Feds should show low-income Canadians the same grace extended to yacht and private jet owners
BY Amanda Therrien,Leila Sarangi - July 22, 2026
CERB was a lifeline for many low-income Canadians, but for those deemed to have received an ‘overpayment,’ it has become an anchor. Read full story