Protections, EI and privatisation concerns<\/p>\n
Alongside its support for skills measures, the CLC is calling for stronger protections for workers, beginning with Employment Insurance (EI). The update extends special EI measures by up to five additional weeks for eligible workers, including extra support for seasonal employees, but the CLC argues that government \u201cmust build on these temporary measures with significant and permanent updates unions have been calling for.\u201d<\/p>\n
The CLC\u2019s position highlights ongoing uncertainty over the future structure of EI and the extent of permanent reforms. That uncertainty has implications for layoff planning, seasonal staffing models and support for workers affected by economic disruption, areas where HR policy intersects directly with public programmes.<\/p>\n
The CLC also voiced concern about \u201csignals pointing toward increased privatization of Canada\u2019s airports,\u201d stating that \u201cpublic infrastructure must remain in public hands\u201d and warning that \u201cprivatization risks higher costs, weaker accountability and puts good union jobs at risk.\u201d Any changes to ownership or operating models in key infrastructure sectors would likely influence restructuring, outsourcing patterns and collective bargaining dynamics, with potential flow\u2011on effects for workforce stability.<\/p>\n
Public\u2011sector employment, payroll measures<\/p>\n
With the Spring Economic Update pointing to an improved fiscal outlook, the CLC is again urging the federal government to pause and reverse planned cuts to public service jobs. The organisation is instead calling for investment in public\u2011service capacity, particularly in areas linked to the care economy and essential services.<\/p>\n
Bruske linked the issue to broader economic pressures, including \u201cjob losses due to the Trump trade war,\u201d and warned that \u201cwithout real investment in the care economy, wages, staffing, and public delivery, inequality will continue to grow.\u201d The CLC\u2019s stance suggests continued debate over the balance between fiscal restraint, employment levels and service delivery across the public and broader public sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protections, EI and privatisation concerns Alongside its support for skills measures, the CLC is calling for stronger protections…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,12162,10318,11713],"class_list":{"0":"post-24575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-canadian-labour-congress-clc","10":"tag-spring-economic-update","11":"tag-team-canada-strong"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}