It has recently been reported that the University of Alberta wants to «reopen two - year collective agreements» with faculty and staff «to help the university balance its budget...» This appears to be in direct response to Alberta's
provincial government announcing in its March budget that there would be a «7 % cut to
operating grants to universities, -LSB-...]
Government
grants for hiring and training abound for businesses
operating in Ontario, with both federal and
provincial programs offering as much as $ 20,000 or more to companies that hire and / or train workers.