As has been the practice of the Canada Revenue Agency, when April 30 falls on a weekend, this year’s filing deadline extends to Monday, May 2. People have until midnight on May 2 to file a 2010 income tax and benefit return and to pay any balance owing.
If you or your spouse or common-law partner is self-employed, you have until midnight on June 15 to file your 2010 return, but you still have to pay any balance owing by May 2.
Read more: CA: Mark this date: 2010 tax-filing deadline is May 2
All regions of the country will face systemic skills shortages, according to a report by Ottawa-based Information and Communications Technology Association (ICTC).
ICTC believes the job market is undergoing “a radical change in skill sets”.
The research firm says recent graduates of co-op programmes will generally find work. However, graduates of traditional ICT programmes and foreign-trained workers will have a much harder time finding work.
The Government of Manitoba has officially launched the first phase of its new e-health record system at seven health centres and hospitals across the province.
The initial rollout of the eChart Manitoba system gives doctors the ability to view demographic, immunization and drug information. It also gives physicians access to select lab results.
There could soon be more jobs than qualified people in Canada's information and communications technology sector.
According to a new report released Tuesday morning by the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) - Outlook for Human Resources in the ICT Labour Market, 2011-2016 - while Canadian companies will be looking to hire approximately 106,000 new employees between 2011 and 2016 for ICT-related positions, there's a good chance there won't be enough qualified applicants to fill those positions.
“This is the culmination of a great deal of work, including the development of a number of systems to feed patient information into eChart, and it is very exciting to see it all come together,” said Oswald. “As more sites become linked to eChart, it will be possible for a person’s key health information to travel with them to different health providers across the province.”