The federal government’s latest procurement disclosures show that National Defence remains the single largest buyer of temporary help services in Canada, accounting for the overwhelming majority of active staffing contracts through the third quarter of 2025. According to open-data records, over a dozen HR and recruitment vendors held active

After months of subdued momentum, Canada’s hiring appetite is stirring again. The September CSJ Hiring Index rose to 5.4 out of 10, up sharply from 4.8 in August, signaling a tentative shift in employer sentiment as purchasing activity accelerates and some hiring pipelines reopen. Yet beneath the

In a major reorientation of its North American operations, automaker Stellantis has announced it will shift production of the Jeep Compass from Brampton, Ontario, to a plant in Illinois. At the same time, the company unveiled a US $13 billion plan to expand manufacturing in the United States and create

In a moment when many had braced for economic softening, a new report from BMO offers a more optimistic (if still cautious) note: Canadian consumers, across the income spectrum, stepped up in the second quarter, helping to prop up growth even as other parts of the economy faltered. The report,

Digital staffing is no longer a niche experiment. Across Canada, warehouse operators, healthcare institutions, and logistics firms are turning to apps that can fill shifts in minutes, while major agencies are racing to digitize their own operations. The competition now spans from domestic startups to global firms integrating AI-driven matching,

Quebec’s Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) is trimming its workforce by roughly one hundred positions, following a hiring freeze imposed by the provincial Conseil du trésor (Treasury Board).  To reach that number, the SAAQ plans to let some fixed-term contracts expire without renewal, end certain temporary

Canada has no shortage of diagnoses about skills gaps. What’s rarer is proof of what’s moving the dial. The Future Skills Centre’s 2025 Impact Report offers exactly that: six years of experiments at national scale and a set of numbers big enough to matter. Since launch, the

The federal government has added six new regions, including Guelph, Winnipeg, and Regina, to the list of areas where employers can no longer apply for low-wage Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs). The restriction, effective October 10, further limits the use of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in communities where