Monday Mar. 31, 2014 – 11am
Posted Mar 31, 2014 02:14:48 PM.
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11:00am- Glen Hodgson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of the Conference Board of Canada and and co-author of “Power Play: The Business Economics of Pro Sports”, Re: The Conference Board of Canada’s new book suggests the market fundamentals for pro sports in the greater Toronto region – population, disposable income, corporate presence, and the economic environment in which teams play – allow franchises to be financially successful without being winners, unlike teams in many smaller Canadian markets, where winning is often a prerequisite for financial success.
11:30am- Jerry Dias, National President of Unifor, Re: Canada’s largest union is holding a news conference today to make, what it calls, “an important announcement about the status of its unionization efforts at Toyota.” Unifor has spent the past year signing up workers at the plants in Cambridge and Woodstock but has held off on holding a certification vote until it was sure it had enough members onside.
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