In this economy I am now a casual part of the casual workforce, and my husband, at the age of 41, is going to be disposed of, leaving us with very little income.

Pressure at the bargaining table under threat of closure has meant concession bargaining, wage compression, and the increased use of casual or just-in-time labour.

The question was in terms of comparing labour rates, the $40 million to $20 million, and what happens in Korea and Japan.

The cost drivers here in Canada, the labour rates, are actually quite good.

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Collectively, they are designed to provide a new understanding of a range of issues, notably the impact of business practices on employee outcomes; the evolution and causes of electronic connectedness and citizen participation in the use of communication technologies; the evolution of labour compensation; the impact of science and technology on economic growth and society; connections between economic growth and environmental sustainability; horizontal impacts of the natural resource sector; crime and victimization; the changing impact on Canada of immigration; the characteristics of immigrants who successfully integrate in the C ...[+++]anadian economy; factors affecting the successful integration of post-secondary graduates into the labour market; factors affecting seniors' quality of life and independence; and financial security—assets and debts—of Canadians, including who are and who are not accumulating private pensions.