Interview with Renze Nauta
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Research
Canada’s New Working Class
Canada’s New Working Class offers leaders a contemporary, modern understanding of the 6.5 million Canadians who are in the working class. One key finding is that members of Canada’s working class are as likely to be women or recent immigrants in sales or service jobs as they are to be men doing blue-collar, mostly unionized, manufacturing work. Canada's New Working Class busts stereotypes and outlines a true, inclusive working-class agenda.
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Research
Humanizing Criminal Records
Toward a View of the Whole Human Person
November 23, 2023
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Research
Breaking Down Work Barriers for People with Disabilities
We take a closer look at the human costs of Canadians with disabilities’ exclusion from work and identify some of the key questions standing in the way of positive policy reform.
March 23, 2022
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Renze Nauta
Program Director, Work & Economics
Renze Nauta, Program Director for Work and Economics, comes to Cardus from the federal political sphere. He was the policy director to two Leaders of the Opposition and held various roles in the Prime Minister’s Office.
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Open Bidding, Apprenticeships Key to Solving Labour Shortage
Want to solve the labour crunch in housing construction? Let's start with fair and open contract bidding, as well as opening up more trades apprenticeships.
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Memo: Facilitating Access to Work when Designing the Canada Disability Benefit
Cardus sent an open letter to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion after the passage of Bill C-22. The letter restates the importance of ensuring that the Canada Disability Benefit incentivizes employment among those persons with disabilities who can work.
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Research
Employing Ontarians with Criminal Records
Policies to Correct Labour-Market Misconceptions
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