One of the rationale provided by the government [to] cancel the program was that they were hoping to revitalize the downtown core in various locations across the province and having members return to work would be the magic sauce,
Pilots at Air Transat have voted to ratify a new five year employment contract with the airline after first reaching a tentative deal in December and narrowly avoiding a strike. The company and its pilots reached an eleventh-hour tentative agreement last month just hours before pilots were set to go on strike. The work stoppage would have come just before the busy holiday travel period.