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19 Apr 2023
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16 Apr 2023
That’s all for this week’s show. Find more from Checkup at: cbc.ca/radio/checkup
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16 Apr 2023
It’s time for our Ask Me Anything which will focus on how to ask your boss for a raise. Joining us to answer your questions is career coach Sara Vermut.
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16 Apr 2023
Rob Hickey is a professor of employment and labour relations at Queen’s University. Today he is joining us from Kingston, Ont.
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Hickey thinks there is a "strong possibility" of a strike happening. But says we are still a long ways away.
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Cory Redekop is the chief executive officer at Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce. He is joining us from Langley, B.C., today.
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16 Apr 2023
Redekop says he hopes that small businesses don't face the brunt of potential strikes.
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Chris Aylward is the national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. He says negotiations have been continuing throughout the weekend.
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McGregor says if strikes occur we could see a lot of service disruptions such as delays in renewing expired passports.
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16 Apr 2023
Janyce McGregor is a senior reporter with the CBC’s Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa. She is joining us today from Ottawa.
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16 Apr 2023
We are live. Our question this week: Should public service workers have the right to strike for higher wages?
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15 Apr 2023
Our Ask Me Anything segment this week focuses on asking your boss for a raise. Our guest is career coach Sarah Vermunt.
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14 Apr 2023
Talks are ongoing between the federal government and PSAC, with higher wages a central issue.
A strike could impact passport applications and tax returns.
Our question this week: Should public service workers have the right to strike for higher wages?
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9 Apr 2023
We’ve reached Jeff Ward on the Membertou First Nation near Sydney, N.S. Ward is Mi’kmaq and a practicing Catholic.
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9 Apr 2023
Former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Bernie Farber, joins us from Toronto. Farber also chairs the Canadian Anti-Hate Network: a non-profit organization that researches hate groups and hate crimes.
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9 Apr 2023
Gretta Vosper is a self-professed atheist, and an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada. Vosper joins us from Whitby, Ontario.
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9 Apr 2023
Cross Country Checkup: Is religion bringing us together or pushing us apart? Call us at 1-888-416-8333 x.com/i/broadcasts/1yoJMZkVj…
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8 Apr 2023
Do you have a question about food prices or grocery chain profits?
Our AMA guest this week is David Macdonald from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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6 Apr 2023
In a rare event, Ramadan and Passover will overlap with Easter this weekend.
Our question this week: Is religion bringing us together or pushing us apart? cbc.ca/radio/checkup/cccu-re…
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