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October 2026
recruitment retentionOct 4, 2026
The workforce alliance model is becoming an HR planning signal
Six sector alliances are connecting labour shortages, training investment, worker mobility and technology adoption. For HR teams, they offer an early map of where talent pressure and public investment may be heading.
Read the full story pensions retirementOct 3, 2026
Older workers are becoming a workforce planning issue, not just a retirement issue
Record labour force participation among Canadians aged 65 and older is making retirement timing, retention, succession and pension conversations part of the same workforce plan.
Read the full story technology aiOct 2, 2026
AI training is becoming part of Canada's talent pipeline
Canada is moving AI literacy beyond software adoption. New national programs are tying it to training, early career experience and workforce readiness.
Read the full story compensation payrollOct 2, 2026
Five provinces raised minimum wages on October 1, and payroll absorbed the change
Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan all moved their minimum wage on October 1, 2026. The date is a useful way into a broader question about how much of an organization's risk now runs through payroll.
Read the full story employment lawOct 1, 2026
Why Employment Disputes Become Arguments About Who Gets to Decide Them
A termination or discrimination complaint can spend years becoming an argument about which arbitrator, tribunal or court is allowed to decide it.
Read the full story immigration workforceOct 1, 2026
Ottawa Keeps Immigration at 380,000 a Year and Pushes the Economic Share to 64 Per Cent
Permanent resident admissions stay flat through 2028, but the economic share of that intake climbs higher, even as AI hiring disclosure rules, return to office mandates and a softer labour market reshape the jobs newcomers are moving into.
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