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VIDEO: CFIB calls for bold government action to remove remaining internal trade barriers
Keyli Loeppky, Director of Alberta and Interprovincial Affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, discusses a new report...
Rental housing construction picks up in Canada but will it be enough?: RBC
There hasn’t been this much rental housing under construction in Canada in a generation—which is encouraging news given the...
Canadian home prices largely stable, with some smaller communities, ‘burbs, and AB seeing increases: Century 21
Century 21’s annual price per square foot survey of Canadian homes looks at prices back to 2018 for almost...
Canadian businesses worry climate change will cause even more extreme weather and continue to cut into profits
More than nine in 10 (92 per cent) Canadian business leaders fear that the extreme weather events over the...
Canadian housing starts down in June: CMHC
The total monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of housing starts for all areas in Canada decreased 9% in June (241,672...
Canadian economy to see modest growth in the second quarter: CFIB
The Canadian economy continued growing modestly in Q2 2024, finds the latest Main Street Quarterly report by the Canadian Federation...
Annual inflation rate up 2.7% in June: Statistics Canada
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.7% on a year-over-year basis in June, down from a 2.9% gain in May. The...
VIDEO: Canadians are more confident in buying a home, despite the impact of inflation: RBC Poll
Nick Palucci, Senior Director, Home Equity Finance Acquisition & Distribution, RBC, discusses a recent report indicating homeownership is still...
Momentum builds in Canadian office market: CBRE
Commercial real estate firm CBRE says momentum continued to build in the Canadian office market in the second quarter...
Canadian economy sees growth in April: Statistics Canada
Real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada grew 0.3% in April, after being essentially unchanged in March. Both goods-producing...
Small businesses’ price increase plans reach their lowest level since March 2021: CFIB
Small businesses expect to increase prices by an average of 2.5% over the next 12 months, according to the...
Carbon tax costs Canadian economy $12 billion this year: CTF
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation estimates the carbon tax will cost the Canadian economy $12 billion in 2024, based on...
VIDEO: Why downtowns matter
Sueling Ching, President & CEO, Ottawa Board of Trade, discusses a recent report in collaboration with the Canadian Urban...
Canadian inflation on the rise: Statistics Canada
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.9% on a year-over-year basis in May, up from a 2.7% gain in...
Gen AI: Is Canada ready?: RBC report
Gen AI holds the potential to get Canada’s economy growing again through accelerated innovation and productivity. The big question...
Natural resources’ real gross domestic product falls in the first quarter: Statistics Canada
Real gross domestic product (GDP) of the natural resources sector decreased 0.7% in the first quarter of 2024, after an increase...
VIDEO: More than a quarter of renters in Canada plan to purchase a home within the next two years: Royal LePage
Phil Soper, president and chief executive officer, Royal LePage, discusses why renters still want to buy a home despite...
VIDEO: Half of Canada’s small firms to be negatively affected by hike in capital gains inclusion rate: CFIB
Dan Kelly, President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, discusses the impact of the capital gains inclusion rate...
Provincial growth looking up as interest rates come down: TD Economics
Provincial economies are performing broadly as expected. Activity is likely to remain subpar across most of Canada, as regional...
Canadian businesses lean on new installment loans for debt repayment as delinquencies rise: Equifax
According to the latest data from Equifax Canada’s Market Pulse Q1 2024 Business Credit Trends Report, new installment loan...
VIDEO: BDC boosts commitment to inclusive entrepreneurship and invests $250M
In this video interview, Sandra Odendahl, Senior Vice President & Head of Sustainability, Diversity & Social Impact at BDC,...
Canadian household debt payments rose again in Q1: RBC Economics
Higher interest rates continue to push up household debt payments, according to a recent report by RBC Economics. “Disposable...
Trend in housing starts on the upswing: CMHC
The total monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of housing starts for all areas in Canada increased 10% in May (264,506...
Canadian housing activity sees another quiet month in May: CREA
While May was another relatively uneventful month for many Canadian housing markets with national month-over-month home sales edging slightly...
VIDEO: How is Canada’s commercial real estate market doing?
In this video interview, Samantha Villiard, Regional Vice President, RE/MAX Canada, discusses the company’s recent 2024 Commercial Real Estate...
Canada’s housing markets in a holding pattern: RBC
Buyers remained in a wait-and-see mode in May with an interest cut looming around the corner. Little action took...
VIDEO: How to improve the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
In this video interview, Juliette Nicolaÿ, Policy Analyst with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, discusses the importance of...
42 per cent of workers feel exhausted after work; excessive workload is the leading cause of burnout: TELUS
The latest TELUS Mental Health Index finds that 42 per cent of Canadian workers feel mentally and/or physically exhausted at...
Consumer debt on the rise in Canada: Equifax
PRESS RELEASE TORONTO, June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Consumer debt rose to $2.46 trillion at the end of...
Artificial Intelligence technologies can help address Canada’s productivity slump: TD
Canada has a productivity problem and artificial intelligence (AI) driven innovations may offer a remedy, according to a report...
27,000 jobs added in May but unemployment rate rises: Statistics Canada
Employment was little changed in May (+27,000; +0.1%) and the employment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 61.3%. The...
Shifting demand in Canadian commercial real estate market driven by housing crisis, population growth and the need for greater density: RE/MAX
Strong population growth and housing supply issues have prompted a significant shift in the Canadian commercial real estate market...
Canadian inflation is unlikely to pick up again like in the U.S.: RBC
The recent outperformance of the U.S. economy is led by the services sector—a driver that hasn’t materialized in the...
British Columbia is entrepreneurial epicentre of Canada: GoDaddy research
British Columbia is the online microbusiness capital of Canada, with its density of online microbusinesses surpassing eastern counterparts including Ontario and Quebec, according to...
Self-employed make up 13.2% of Canadian employed population: Statistics Canada
In 2023, an average of 2,652,600 people were self-employed, making up 13.2% of the employed population, according to a...
Canadian economy grows in Q1: Statistics Canada
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.4% in the first quarter, after posting no change in the fourth quarter of 2023 (revised...
Small business confidence improves in May: CFIB Business Barometer
The 12-month small business confidence index has jumped 8.8 points reaching 56.4 in May, according to the latest Canadian...
VIDEO: Classroom Champions: Empowering children to thrive academically, socially and emotionally
In this video interview, Steve Mesler, Co-Founder of Classroom Champions, and Seth Rosenzweig, the organization’s new CEO, discuss what...
Half of residents in Canada’s largest urban centres eyeing move to more affordable real estate markets: Royal LePage
A report by real estate firm Royal LePage says Thunder Bay tops the list of most affordable cities in Canada. Of...
Not addressing population aging can be very costly: RBC Economics
High rates of population growth thanks to immigration in Canada have helped to blunt the substantial costs of an...
Majority of Canadian businesses continue to expect cost-related obstacles: Statistics Canada
Businesses continue to expect to face a variety of obstacles: primarily cost-related obstacles, such as rising inflation and rising...
VIDEO: 91% of Canadians are taking steps to improve financial wellness amidst stress increase: FP Canada
In this video interview, Ryan Gubic, a Certified Financial Planner and Founder of MRG Wealth Management in Calgary, discusses...
Annual inflation rate 2.7% in April: Statistics Canada
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.7% on a year-over-year basis in April, down from a 2.9% gain in March. Broad-based...
Canadian home sales dip in April: CREA
Canadian home sales dipped in April 2024 when compared to March, even as the number of properties available for sale...
Housing starts decreasing: CMHC
The total monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of housing starts for all areas in Canada decreased 1% in April...
Canadians experiencing second-longest and third-steepest decline in living standards in last 40 years: Fraser Institute
From 2019 to 2023, Canadian living standards declined—and as of the end of 2023, the decline had not yet...
VIDEO: The unintended consequences of a mandated $20/hour living wage: CFIB report
In this video interview, Beatrix Abdul Azeez, Policy Analyst with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, discusses a new...
VIDEO: World record attempt for being immersed in an ice bath
Extreme athlete and motivational coach Andre Belibi Eloumou is going to tackle his toughest challenge yet, for a worthy...
It’s time for Canada to deliver the promise of immigration: Business Council of Alberta
A new report from the Business Council of Alberta recommends a renewed approach to economic immigration that anchors prosperity,...
VIDEO: Immigration Surge and Interprovincial Migration Reshape Canada’s Top-Tier Real Estate Market
Don Kottick, President and CEO of Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, discusses the real estate company’s latest Top-Tier Real Estate: 2024...