Canada’s New Intellectual Property Strategy

Intellectual property helps Canadians turn ideas into businesses. To help Canadian entrepreneurs learn to protect and leverage these ideas the Canadian Government has created an Intellectual Property Strategy. This strategy will amend IP laws to make innovation easier for Canadian entrepreneurs, create a series of programs to explain intellectual property rights and laws, create tools…

Canada’s Volunteer Awards Nominations Open

Do you know a volunteer who has made a significant impact in your community? Canada’s Volunteer Awards recognize the significant contributions of individual volunteers, not-for-profit organizations and businesses across the country in helping communities. Nominations for these awards are now open in the following categories: Community Leader, Emerging Leader, Business Leader, and Social Innovator, and Lifelong…

Improving our Justice System

Our Government is committed to ensuring that our criminal justice system is effective, consistent, and keeps communities and victims safe. Through Bill C-75, we are proposing several changes to increase the efficiency and safety of our justice system. These changes include: Streamlining bail processes, to reduce court delays and backlogs Restricting the use of preliminary…

300,000 Jobs Created in Ontario

Since October 2015, over 300,000 jobs have been created in Ontario, the majority of which are full-time positions. Congratulations Ontario! To learn more, see the results of the recent Labour Force Survey.