Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 30th, 2025
July 30, 2025
The feds are dialling back on work-issued cellphones to public servants, as it shifts to computer-based softphones and other budget-saving measures. Shared Services Canada manages approximately 180,000 hand-held devices – ranging from iOS to Android – across 45 partners and 10 client departments. That’s according to the 2024-2025 Departmental Plan. Do you think your company should pay for your phone? And if you do have a workphone, should you have to take a call from that phone outside of working hours? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Nadia Halum Arauz, a labour and employment lawyer with Simes Law. She specializes in workplace legislation. Plus, it’s time for another edition of Kristy’s Summer Hit List, as she gathers some tips and tricks for a little bit of last-minute Summer fun! Today’s special guest is Will Aiello from CTV Morning Live.
Unpublished Newswire
According to PBO’s projections, 2.5 million new homes will be added to Canada’s housing stock by 2035 — an addition of 227,000 net new units completed annually over 2025 to 2035.
August 26, 2025 - 10:57 | Uday Rana | Global News - Canada
A new study says Canada’s tech job market has gone from boom to bust in a matter of years.The research from job postings site Indeed says August openings in the sector posted on its platform were down 19 per cent from their early 2020 levels.
August 26, 2025 - 10:44 | Tara Deschamps | The Globe and Mail
The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates Canada needs to build 3.2 million new homes in the next decade to close the housing gap but isn’t currently on track to do that.The latest PBO report estimates the number of new home builds will be higher over the next three years but will gradually return to historical averages after that.
August 26, 2025 - 10:37 | David Baxter | The Globe and Mail
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