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What's in the 2025 Federal Budget for your business?
#canada #budget #economy The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) expressed disappointment with the latest federal budget: https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/media/struggling-small-businesses-wont-find-much-help-in-the-federal-budget . Below is a clear breakdown of the CFIB’s key concerns (what was missing) and the budget’s positive elements for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Measures Missing from the Budget (per CFIB) Lower taxes for SMBs  Tariff compensat
Nov 71 min read


Canadian Public Capital Markets
#canada #stockmarkets #publiccompanies #capital #funding #investments In a compelling opinion piece published in the Globe and Mail ,...
Aug 52 min read


Navigating Uncertainty in 2025
#business #consulting #canada #ontario #quebec #economics The day following the Canada Day celebrations, NBC Financial Markets published...
Jul 111 min read


Why supporting lower government debt could boost productivity in Canada
#canada #productivity #debt #governance #productivity A recent study written by Professor Ergete Ferede examined the link between...
Jun 251 min read


CD Howe Institute: fixing our productivity problem
#canada #productivity #businessenvironment #economy John Lester of the CD Howe Institute reported on the issue of Canadian productivity...
May 152 min read


Stagnation on the horizon: Canada in 2025
#canada #productivity #crisis #stagnation #stagnation #innovation As Canada faces four more years of Trump-influenced economics, its...
Mar 201 min read


From productivity crisis to full-blown national crisis
#productivity #economy #canada #usa #business In addition to the productivity crisis, which only worsened, Canada is now waging a full...
Jan 281 min read


Lack of Innovation in Canada: Consequences
#innovation #business #canada #productivity The  decline in productivity in Canada can be attributed to several factors, which have been ...
Jan 112 min read


Canadian Chamber of Commerce: productivity paralysis
#productivity  #canada  #innovation  #redtape  #business  Who would have thought Canada could fall so far behind in productivity?...
Nov 20, 20242 min read


Technology Transfer (TT)
#canada #technologytransfer #innovation #productivity #economy Technology transfer refers to the process of moving scientific and...
Nov 20, 20242 min read


Canada's Productivity Crisis
#canada #productivity #decline #tdbank #stagnation Blue Ocean CMC has been addressing Canada’s declining productivity for nearly a year,...
Oct 10, 20241 min read


Innovation in Canada: a cultural problem before anything else
#innovation #canada #health #medicaldevice Yesterday, the Frontier Center for Public Policy published a rebuttal to a Globe & Mail...
Sep 17, 20242 min read


Should Canadians wait for governments to support innovation?
#Canada #innovation #productivity #government #policy We have a very grave situation in Canada, where the various levels of government in...
Sep 6, 20241 min read


Will a Declining Productivity Require Lower Interest Rates?
#canada #productivity #growth #interestrates This question pertains to the intersection of interest rates and productivity, specifically...
Aug 28, 20241 min read


Assessing Canadian Innovation, Productivity, and Competitiveness by the Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness
#innovation #canada #productivity The issue of lack of productivity in Canada is not going away. It is now, in fact, glowing, front and...
Aug 12, 20241 min read


Canada: a story of a decline in productivity
#productivity #Canada #innovation #gdp Canada's productivity is still in freefall as the Bank of Canada reduces interests from 5 to...
Jun 5, 20241 min read


Canada 2024: slower labour productivity growth
#Canada #canpoli #politics #productivity #growth #smb #entrepreneurs While the Canadian business environment may seem stable initially,...
May 10, 20241 min read


NBC Financial: How does Canada’s economy stack up globally? Not great.
#Canada #growth #gdppercapita #gdp #economy The economic climate in Canada needs critical attention during this period of growing...
May 7, 20241 min read


2024 Federal Budget leads to national conversation about productivity
#productivity #canada #federalbudget The release of Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation by the federal government of Canada has...
Apr 19, 20241 min read


Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Roger: Time to break the glass on Canada's productivity problem
#productivity #canada Her speech in Halifax on March 26 made it clear that the problem is official and a core challenge. Here are some...
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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