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During the early 1990s recession, Ontario faced an annual deficit of $12.4 billion in 1993. [1] [2] The government sought $2 billion in wage-concessions from public-sector workers to reduce the deficit. [2] The social contract mandated that public-sector workers earning more than $30,000 take up to 12 unpaid days off a year. [2]
Maurice Tomlinson (born 1971) is a Jamaican lawyer, law professor, and gay rights activist currently living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] He has been a leading gay rights and HIV activist in the Caribbean for over 20 years and is one of the only Jamaican advocates to challenge the country's 1864 British colonially-imposed anti gay Sodomy Law (known as the Buggery Law).
In 1796, the Maroons of Jamaica entered Halifax and were the first large group to enter British North America (The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2000). The name Maroons was used to describe slaves who ran away from their owners and created free communities away from the European settlements in Jamaica. A war between the Maroons and the British broke ...
Little Jamaica, also known as Eglinton West, [1] is an ethnic enclave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located along Eglinton Avenue West , from Marlee Avenue to Keele Street , and is part of four neighbourhoods: Silverthorn , Briar Hill–Belgravia , Caledonia–Fairbank , and Oakwood–Vaughan .
“Jamaica is remarkably resilient, which is a testament to the love that so many people have for it. In fact, 2023 was a record year for Jamaica as it attracted more than 4.1 million visitors to ...
The Revised Statutes of Ontario (RSO; Quebec French: Lois refondues de l'Ontario, LRO) is the name of several consolidations of public acts in the Canadian province of Ontario, promulgated approximately decennially from 1877 to 1990. [1] [2]
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Canada's varied labour laws are a result of its geography, historical, and cultural variety. This expressed in law through the treaty-/land-based rights of individual indigenous nations, the distinct French-derived law system of Quebec, and the differing labour codes of each of the provinces and territories.