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Canada’s merchandise trade deficit widens: Statistics Canada
In June, Canada’s merchandise exports decreased 2.2%, while imports were down 0.5%. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit...
Canada loses 6,000 jobs in July as unemployment rate ticks up: Statistics Canada
Employment was little changed in July (-6,000; -0.0%). The unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 5.5%, marking the third...
A Slow Road to Recovery for Canadian Tourism Spending: TD Economics
Canada’s tourism sector has bounced back briskly since the initial COVID-19 lockdowns. However, the pace of recovery is now...
More than half of people planning to retire would continue working part-time: Statistics Canada
As the population continues to age, employers may want to develop incentives to retain experienced workers, and some seniors...
VIDEO: CFIB petition calls for extension of CEBA repayment deadline
In this video interview, Corinne Pohlmann, Executive Vice-President at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, discusses the implications to...
Canadian GDP grows in May but appears to have slowed in June: Statistics Canada
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.3% in May, following a 0.1% uptick in April. Services-producing industries were up...
Non-permanent residents can fill labour gaps in “greying” Canadian industries: RBC Economics
A new report by RBC Economics says Canada will need to maintain a high flow of non-permanent residents as...
Continuing steady downward trend in job vacancies: Statistics Canada
The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer increased by 23,300 (+0.1 per cent) in May,...
Balancing Canada’s Pop in Population: TD Economics
Canada’s population boomed by 1.2 million people over the last 12 months but the positive support to the labour...
Canadian consumer confidence rising: Conference Board of Canada
The Index of Consumer Confidence rose 5.5 points in July after dropping sharply the previous month, says a report...
Canadian businesses urging extension to CEBA repayment deadline
Industry associations representing thousands of Canadian businesses, including the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), are urging Deputy Prime...
Competition Bureau launches new wage-fixing and no-poaching enforcement guidelines
New wage-fixing and no-poaching enforcement guidelines have been released by the Competition Bureau. Employers could be exposed to serious penalties following recent changes...
Internet use continues to grow: Statistics Canada
Internet use among Canadians aged 15 years and older reached 95 per cent in 2022, up from 92 per...
Canadians receiving Employment Insurance benefits on the rise: Statistics Canada
The number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits rose by 9,800 (+2.5 per cent) to 399,000 in...
Canadian Tech Sector Shifts from Office-Market Juggernaut to Sleeping Giant: CBRE
CBRE’s just-released Scoring Tech Talent ranking of North America’s top tech employment markets shows that Toronto was supplanted at #3 by...
Home ownership continues to be a top priority for Canadians coast to coast: RE/MAX
What began as a trickle of movement into housing markets late in the first quarter turned into a swell,...
Canadian economy in for a slow rebound in Q3, no signs of a recession: CFIB
After falling nearly flat in Q2 2023, economic growth is expected to see a slow rebound to 1.4 per...
VIDEO: New era of diversity for Canada’s luxury real estate market as performance diverges across major cities
In this video interview, Don Kottick, President and CEO, of Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, discusses the real estate company’s...
Annual inflation rate eases in June: Statistics Canada
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.8 per cent year over year in June, following a 3.4 per cent...
Downward trend in housing starts reverses with uptick in activity in June: CMHC
The declining trend in housing starts observed over the last several months reversed slightly due to a significant increase in...
Canadian bureaucracy and government spending running wild: Canadian Taxpayers Federation
In this video interview, Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, discusses the bloated bureaucracy since Prime Minister Justin...
Mind the Gap: Canada is Falling Behind the Standard-of-Living Curve: TD Economics
Despite turning in solid headline growth in recent years, Canada has lagged behind the U.S. and other advanced economies...
Economic optimism climbing despite recession expected this year: CPA Canada
Optimism is climbing among top business leaders surveyed by CPA Canada, even as a majority of respondents continue to...
Tourism spending in Canada on the rise: Statistics Canada
Tourism spending in Canada grew 2.6 per cent in the first quarter, due to an increase of 3.5 per...
Per-worker business investment down 20% since 2014: Fraser Institute
Business investment per worker—a key driver of income gains and living standards—has declined in Canada since 2014, finds a...
Homeownership costs dip—a welcome shift but no game changer: RBC Economics
A new report by RBC Economics suggests homeownership in Canada became slightly more affordable in the first quarter of...
Canadian economy stalls in April, but may rebound in May: Statistics Canada
Real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada was essentially unchanged in April, following a slight uptick in March (+0.1...
Drop in small business optimism shows economic slowdown may be underway: CFIB
After a seven-month upward streak, the small business optimism index for the next 12 months dropped 2.1 points, sitting...
Job vacancies on a downward trend: Statistics Canada
Job vacancies remained on a downward trend in April, edging down to 790,900, from 804,800 in March. This brings the net decrease...
Soaring construction costs will hamper Canada’s homebuilding ambitions: RBC
Canada’s residential construction price index has soared 51 per cent since the start of the pandemic, putting new pressure...
Pace of inflation eases in May: Statistics Canada
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.4 per cent year over year in May, following a 4.4 per cent...
Ottawa’s wasteful COVID spending will cost taxpayers more than $110 billion by 2032/33: Fraser Institute
The total cost of the federal government’s wasteful COVID spending—money that was poorly targeted or sent to ineligible recipients—will...
VIDEO: Most Canadians skeptical about brands’ sustainability claims: Deloitte Canada
In this video interview, Joe Solly, Partner, Risk Advisory, Ontario Leader for Sustainability and Climate Change, Deloitte Canada, discusses...
Toronto’s Collision 2023 conference: The Olympics of Tech
It has been called the ‘Olympics of Tech.” The Collision conference, which takes place June 26-29 at the Enercare...
Employment Insurance beneficiaries remain near record low: Statistics Canada
In April, 384,000 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, little changed from 386,000 in March. Since November 2022, the number of regular EI beneficiaries...
VIDEO: Calgary Co-op asking for exemption from federal plastic shopping bag ban
On the eve of a federal ban on single-use plastics, Calgary Co-op is asking Environment and Climate Change Canada...
Accessible, Sustainable, Affordable Housing is Possible: RE/MAX report
The idea of a 15-minute neighbourhood is becoming increasingly more important these days as Canadians struggle with housing affordability...
Core retail sales increase for 5th straight month: Statistics Canada
Retail sales in Canada increased 1.1 per cent to $65.9 billion in April as sales increased in eight of...
Job vacancies and job vacancy rate continue to fall in Q1: Statistics Canada
A report released Tuesday by Statistics Canada said the number of job vacancies decreased by 33,500 (-3.8 per cent)...
Canadian cities have become slightly more affordable relative to others around the world: 2023 Mercer Cost of Living survey
For the second year in a row Toronto is the most expensive city in Canada, according to the results...
Canadians losing even more sleep over money: FP Canada
Canadians are losing even more sleep over money this year than last as they continue to battle the soaring...
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS VIDEO NEWSCAST: How social media and websites can help grow side hustle businesses
While almost half (48 per cent) of Canadian side-hustlers have a social media presence, only one third (36 per...
Trend in housing starts declining steadily since November 2022: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
The trend in housing starts has been declining steadily since November 2022 and in May, the trend was 230,205...
Canadian home sales rise in May: Canadian Real Estate Association
A report released Thursday by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) indicates national home sales climbed 5.1 per cent...
Canadian manufacturing sales surpass $72 billion in April: Statistics Canada
Canadian manufacturing sales increased 0.3 per cent to $72.3 billion in April, mainly on higher sales of motor vehicle...
COLUMN: Higher interest rates the price of government inflation: Canadian Taxpayers Federation
This is a column by Franco Terrazzano is the Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation The Trudeau government...
Increasing debt for Canadian households
Household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income in Canada increased to 184.5 per cent in...
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS VIDEO NEWSCAST: Future Unbuilt: Transforming Canada’s Regulatory Systems
Taking Care of Business Newscast video interview Adam Legge, President of the Business Council of Alberta discusses a new...
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS VIDEO NEWSCAST: Leading green ammonia company FuelPositive focusing on growth
Taking Care of Business Newscast video interview Ian Clifford, Board Chair and CEO of FuelPositive, a leading green ammonia...
Canadian consumer: Cracks beginning to show: CIBC
The resilience of the Canadian consumer has been one of the biggest surprises of 2023 so far, and a...