In this edition:
- Niagara College earns WWF-Canada Living Campus Certification
- Proposed pay hike for St. Catharines city councillors to cost $118,577 per year
- Ontario considering buying back Highway 407, Premier Doug Ford says
- Government of Canada begins work to update Environmental Protection Act
- Ontario invests $5M in free training for Indigenous, Black, and racialized entrepreneurs
- KPMG International’s CEO Outlook shows confidence high, but pressure intensifying
- 2023 survey shows young adults drinking less
- Focus on Technology
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Niagara College earns WWF-Canada Living Campus Certification
Niagara College’s commitment to sustainability has earned national recognition.
On September 12, World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) recognized NC for its outstanding commitment to sustainability, conservation and the environment. The College was one of only nine post-secondary institutions in the country to earn the WWF-Canada Living Campus Certification.
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Proposed pay hike for St. Catharines city councillors calculated to cost $118,577 per year
St. Catharines’ 12 city councillors should each be paid $9,000 more annually and the way their pay is calculated should be revamped, a task force has recommended in a report coming to council next week.
The citizen task force to review remuneration for council, boards, agencies and commissions found St. Catharines councillor salaries are falling behind comparable municipalities and is recommending a new methodology for coming up with the amounts.
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Ontario considering buying back Highway 407, Premier Doug Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is considering buying back Highway 407, which runs across the Greater Toronto Area.
The Mike Harris Progressive Conservative government sold Highway 407 in 1999 for $3.1 billion dollars to a consortium that included SNC Lavalin, Quebec’s provincial pension fund and Spanish company Ferrovial.
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced the modernization and administration of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA).
Over the coming months, the public will have the opportunity to have their say on several initiatives, including a Draft Implementation Framework on the Right to a Healthy Environment, a proposed Watch List Approach for substances of concern, a proposed Plan of Priorities describing how the government will address chemical substances in Canada, and a Draft Strategy to Replace, Reduce, or Refine Vertebrate Animal Testing.
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Ontario invests $5M in free training for Indigenous, Black, and racialized entrepreneurs
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KPMG International’s 2024 CEO Outlook shows confidence high, but pressure intensifying
While confidence in their three-year outlooks remains high, Canadian business leaders are feeling the pressure to deliver on environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments and find new ways to boost their organization’s productivity, finds KPMG International’s 2024 CEO Outlook.
The CEOs of Canada’s largest and most-influential companies remain confident in their organization’s three-year growth prospects (76 per cent) and the Canadian economy (83 per cent). But 76 per cent also said they feel under more pressure to ensure the long-term prosperity of their business.
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2023 survey shows young adults drinking less
Results released from the 2023 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) today show that in the seven days preceding the survey, 54% of people aged 18 and older reported not drinking any alcohol, although more than three-quarters (77%) reported drinking at least one alcoholic beverage in the past 12 months.
Alcohol consumption is lower among young adults, with a higher proportion of younger Canadians aged 18 to 22 reporting not drinking any alcoholic beverages in the past seven days (67%) compared with those in all other age groups, for which the proportions varied from 51% to 57%.
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Focus on Technology
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