Union alerts staff as federal agencies begin issuing layoff warnings Hundreds of workers in Canada’s federal public service received notices this week indicating they could soon lose their jobs, as the government begins to implement sweeping cost-cutting and workforce reductions across several departments. According to labour unions, some of the hardest-hit agencies include Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Public Service Commission of Canada, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and Department of Finance Canada. Yahoo Finance+2iNFOnews.ca+2 Unions are sounding the alarm, warning that the reductions threaten both job security for public servants and the quality of essential services Canadians rely on.…

A Renewed Decision With Familiar Tensions The federal government is preparing to reissue a package of valuable commercial fishing licences to a coalition of Mi’kmaw First Nations in Atlantic Canada, a move that is resurfacing longstanding tensions with Inuit communities in Nunavut. The development marks another significant chapter in a dispute that blends Indigenous rights, resource access, historic agreements, and modern economic realities—an intricate mix that continues to test the federal government’s approach to reconciliation and resource governance. The issue is complex. It is rooted in the purchase of half of Clearwater Foods in 2020—a major acquisition that shifted not…