Agree with you on this. A management position means one does not receive O/T. They might receive in lieu of pay additional time off but that is something that should be negotiated before hiring.

The above is one of the reasons why I left a supervisory position and returned to the world of secretarial and paralegal service.

The above is US standards but it is assumed that Canada follows the same approach.

My standard work week is 40 hours, in reality it is 50 hours as missing lunch and taking no breaks is expected if you are busy. You don't get paid for it. Right now we are three workers down on our team and their caseloads were today split between the remaining team members. There was no discussion and the expectation is that you take it on do it, or they'll find someone else who will. If you expect labour laws to carry any weight in BC, forget it. If you are expecting to see much of your husband, forget that too. As the newbie, he will be dumped on and any complaints will result in him being side-lined if not fired.

I had the same problem moving fron England to Calgary. My first company I worked for was a Safety consulting company. I was told you are expected to work through your lunch and I remember being told by the owner of the that he works a 80 hour week and expected the employees to support the business by working long hours. He lived in a $5M huge house in Calgary and lifestyle to match. On $40k a year salary were had a very frugal lifestyle in Calgary.

My wife contacted the Labour department about the hours I was expected to work. All they said I could put in a complaint, but they told her I would lose my job. They told her being in Calgary that there is always someone like yourself, an immigrant or migrant looking for a job. 3 days was the longest I was on the road without any sleep as you were expected to drive overnight to new sites to undertake contract Safety work for 12 -14 hours at a time.
The company went bust in the end due to oil hitting $11 a barrel and all the Safety work contracts drying up. I managed get to better another job though after 8 months of hell.

Working 3 days with no sleep sounds like a recipe for a heart attack.

In my last job you'd get time and a half for working statutory holidays. One interesting thing I noticed was that some people (including my team leader) would call in sick before the holiday (getting sick pay of course) and then show up the next day (to get the time and a half).