Is USMCA dead in the water?
While Canada and the U.S. used to be best friends, that friendship is now on rocky ground, said Bruce Heyman, former U.S. ambassador to Canada…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- June 18, 2019 January 9, 2021
- 06:25
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Caisse investing in Canadian digital health-care platform
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is leading a $40-million round of financing for Canadian virtual health-care platform Dialogue. Venture capital firm Holtzbrinck Ventures is also a…
- By: Staff
- June 17, 2019 November 11, 2020
- 16:50
Target expanding family care benefits for U.S. staff
Beginning June 30, Target Corp. will extend its backup care offerings to hourly and salaried employees at all U.S. stores and distribution centres. The program will include 20 days…
- By: Staff
- June 17, 2019 November 12, 2020
- 16:30
Is scrutiny on the rise for long-term disability claims?
A recent RBC Insurance Services Inc. study found 45 percent of employees on disability claimed their workplaces pressured them to go back earlier than they…
- By: Julius Melnitzer
- June 17, 2019 November 12, 2020
- 09:20
Canadian group annuity sales top $900 million in Q1 2019
A total of $0.9 billion in group annuity sales were placed in Canada in the first quarter of 2019, roughly in line with the same…
- By: Staff
- June 17, 2019 November 30, 2020
- 09:20
Employee satisfaction with job, finances linked to better health
Job satisfaction is a major influence on employees’ perceptions of their personal health, according to the 2019 Sanofi Canada health-care survey. The survey found employees…
- By: Staff
- June 17, 2019 November 12, 2020
- 09:00
Pension funds’ fixed income allocations losing ground in growth markets: report
In Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, pension funds are increasing their exposure to equities at the expense of fixed income, according to a…
- By: The Canadian Investment Review
- June 17, 2019 February 23, 2021
- 08:15
Fixed income allocations losing ground in growth markets: report
In Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, pension funds are increasing their exposure to equities at the expense of fixed income, according to…
- By: Staff
- June 14, 2019 January 9, 2021
- 12:02
Industry responds to expert panel’s pharmacare report
Industry groups had mixed feelings about an expert panel’s report calling for a single-payer pharmacare plan. Released on Wednesday by Eric Hoskins, former Ontario health…
- By: Staff
- June 14, 2019 November 12, 2020
- 09:25
What are the top chronic diseases in the workplace?
More than half (54 per cent) of Canadian workers reported having at least one chronic disease or condition, according to the 2019 Sanofi Canada health-care…
- By: Staff
- June 14, 2019 November 12, 2020
- 09:20
Caregiving responsibilities costing U.S. workers their jobs, benefits: research
Forty-three million Americans are currently acting as an unpaid caregiver for a family member, according to a report by the U.S.-based business research organization LIMRA.…
- By: Staff
- June 14, 2019 November 12, 2020
- 09:15
AIMCo enters partnership to build AI, machine learning applications for investment management
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is partnering with machine learning company AltaML Inc., to build artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for the investment management…
- By: Canadian Investment Review
- June 14, 2019 November 11, 2020
- 08:46
Conference Coverage: 2019 Vancouver Benefits Summit
On May 24, the 2019 Vancouver Benefits Summit focused on how employers can make their organization its healthiest by starting with their benefits plans. Here’s what…
- By: Benefits Canada
- June 14, 2019 November 12, 2020
- 07:59
Editorial: Celebrating winning employers shines a light in dark times
As we come to the end of another year, we continue to confront an uncertain geopolitical landscape, with wars raging on and leaders tangled in…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- December 12, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 09:00
Head to head: What’s riskier right now: investments in private equity or public equity?
One academic argues in favour of public equity’s transparency in a volatile economy, while another looks to private equity’s future gains. Yuanshun Li, associate professor,…
- By: Benefits Canada
- December 12, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 08:59
How Waterloo Regional Health Network leadership unified retirement benefits under the HOOPP to ensure equity across its workforce
When Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital merged in April 2025, leaders weren’t just bringing together two sites and two cultures, they also…
- By: Sonya Singh
- December 12, 2025 December 14, 2025
- 08:58