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A better place to work: Modern offices are filled with tedious and inefficient jobs, says Des Pratt, chairman of the Canadian National Business Show, which started today.
A better place to work: Modern offices are filled with tedious and inefficient jobs, says Des Pratt, chairman of the Canadian National Business Show, which started today.

A better place to work: Modern offices are filled with tedious and inefficient jobs, says Des Pratt, chairman of the Canadian National Business Show, which started today.

Date9/27/1976
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Running a railroad, even if it's government-owned, means behaving like a business. Jean Cormier, vice-president of public relations for Canadian National, says many people don't understand that. Cormier said that because of its government association, many people view the railway as inefficient, bureaucratic, wasteful. CN is out to change that, although it has many problems because it still is an Ottawa-operated and deficit-plagued entity.
Running a railroad, even if it's government-owned, means behaving like a business. Jean Cormier, vice-president of public relations for Canadian National, says many people don't understand that. Cormier said that because of its government association, many people view the railway as inefficient, bureaucratic, wasteful. CN is out to change that, although it has many problems because it still is an Ottawa-operated and deficit-plagued entity.
Combs, Erin
8/17/1976
Top business spokesman J. Hugh Stevens stands in front of mammoth wire spool at Laird Dr. plant of Canada Wire and Cable Co. Ltd., of which he's chief executive. Stevens, who today became persident of the Canadian Manufactures Association says companies must become more competitive to create more jobs.
Top business spokesman J. Hugh Stevens stands in front of mammoth wire spool at Laird Dr. plant of Canada Wire and Cable Co. Ltd., of which he's chief executive. Stevens, who today became persident of the Canadian Manufactures Association says companies must become more competitive to create more jobs.
Bezant, Graham
6/3/1977
Business demolished? Renovator Terry Mills fears that many jobs will disappear when the proposed 7 per cent goods and services tax takes effect.
Business demolished? Renovator Terry Mills fears that many jobs will disappear when the proposed 7 per cent goods and services tax takes effect.
Bull, Ron
3/26/1990
Don Richard: 'Industrial jobs pay considerably more dollars than service jobs, and what's been happening in Metro is that high-paying jobs have been replaced with low-paying jobs'
Don Richard: 'Industrial jobs pay considerably more dollars than service jobs, and what's been happening in Metro is that high-paying jobs have been replaced with low-paying jobs'
Beaty, Keith
7/13/1973
Students who worked for the TTC last year return to fill 70 per cent of the 125 jobs available. Personnel director Lloyd Berney goes through some of the application for remaining jobs, 50 are received for each one.
Students who worked for the TTC last year return to fill 70 per cent of the 125 jobs available. Personnel director Lloyd Berney goes through some of the application for remaining jobs, 50 are received for each one.
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
4/9/1969
Black at work: Roger Black, a consultant who has offices in New York, Milan and Mexico on the job during one of his visits with the redesign team at The Star.
Black at work: Roger Black, a consultant who has offices in New York, Milan and Mexico on the job during one of his visits with the redesign team at The Star.
Power, Peter
7/30/1992
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
Beaty, Keith
6/5/1983
A $1.7 million building to house the York Region Board of Education and the Aurora municipal offices is going to be built, George Ford, superintendent of business for the board, examines a model of it. It will be built on Wellington St. just west of Yonge
A $1.7 million building to house the York Region Board of Education and the Aurora municipal offices is going to be built, George Ford, superintendent of business for the board, examines a model of it. It will be built on Wellington St. just west of Yonge
Brennan, Pat
6/25/1974
The Joe jobs men will have to take on if they accept the liberation of women concept are not appealing, says Dr. Sy Silverberg, head of the Education and Growth Opportunities program at York University. Men may be able to accept the idea intellectully but not be able to put it into practice and women should understand this, he says.
The Joe jobs men will have to take on if they accept the liberation of women concept are not appealing, says Dr. Sy Silverberg, head of the Education and Growth Opportunities program at York University. Men may be able to accept the idea intellectully but not be able to put it into practice and women should understand this, he says.
Darrell, Dick
9/4/1974
Buffalo gets new plant -- and all future jobs'
Buffalo gets new plant -- and all future jobs'
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/19/1989
Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
Toronto Star (Firm)
3/26/1975
Arthur Stevenson, right, the city's most powerful bureaucrat, says people are winning . . . jobs on ability in a fair, open system.
Arthur Stevenson, right, the city's most powerful bureaucrat, says people are winning . . . jobs on ability in a fair, open system.
Eglinton, Rick
4/8/1988