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The Ontario government is helping to connect communities and create jobs by providing an additional $10 million in funding for the Connecting Links program. The funding is part of Ontario's Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 and will support road and highway projects in nine more municipalities across the province.Today's announcement brings the total annual investment for this program to $40 million.
"Our roads and bridges are vital links that connect people to jobs and...
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The Four County Labour Market Planning Board has launched a new multi-function website for employers and job seekers called Connect2Jobs . The new site has three main functions: Job Board: Interactive Tool to search, filter and research jobs Job Map: Visualization of opportunities around the region and relevant services, like public transportation and child care. Career Explorer: Research tool simplifies the task of finding information about in-demand jobs, such...
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Ontario courts will begin resuming in-person proceedings across the province on Monday, July 6, 2020. The gradual reopening of courtrooms will include strict health and safety protocols to protect staff and everyone required to attend a courthouse from COVID-19.
"We have worked with justice partners throughout the COVID-19 outbreak to keep people safe and maintain the administration of justice. We are now taking a careful and staged approach to expanding the operations of...
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TOURISM INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA:  Please help us make a case to Government to address liquidity issues now.
The federal government as put several programs in place to provide support for businesses. These programs are meant to assist you during this difficult time but we know some of these short-term measures are not meeting the needs of the industry.
In order to help us help you, we need data showing where the gaps are and how some programs are not...
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Real gross domestic product ( GDP ) dropped 11.6% in April, following a 7.5% decline in March. April marked the first full month of measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19. All 20 industrial sectors of the Canadian economy were down, producing the largest monthly decline since the series started in 1961. The economy was 18.2% below its February level, the month before the COVID-19 measures began.
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