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Life is often about making choices, choices that require us to give up one thing to attain another. Often, our choices are clear ones for which we know the “right” versus the “wrong” decision. Others are dictated by our budget or means, or by simple preference...

Building a house without a blueprint; facing off against the opposing team in the Olympics (Go, Canada, go!) without a strategy; trying to reach a destination without a map. What do these things have in common? There’s no plan, and without a plan, it’s...

Canada The economy headed into the closing days of 2025 with a (mild) bang and not a whimper, as third quarter GDP and late fall employment strengthened (Sep-Oct-Nov = +181,000) despite the moderation in December’s job growth (+8,000). While overall Inflation...

Supply-demand conditions weakened further in most large Canadian markets as January unfolded. Potential buyers remained cautious despite elevated inventory giving them the upper hand. Severe winter weather likely contributed to the slowdown, with significant...

The World Economic Forum this year became a tale of two Davoses. Inside the main Congress Centre, a record number of attendees, including 850 CEOs, 80 tech billionaires and founders, hundreds of ministers and 65 heads of government spent the week hearing...

A narrative spun that a recession was nearly unavoidable for a country that had become so dependent on a trade partner who now looked to sever parts of its economic relationship. And yet, Canada’s economy did not collapse. There were no two quarters of...

Overall, the story of Budget 2025 is as expected. There is big new spending and deficits that would be even larger without review savings. Buffers are slim against the two fiscal anchors of a balanced operating budget by 2028-29, and a declining deficit-to-GDP...

Canada U.S. tariffs on key Canadian exports, including energy products, aluminum, steel, and any products that are not qualified as covered under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), have now clearly bitten into the country’s economic growth, with...

“Cybercrime is the greatest threat to every company in the world.” ~ Ginni Rometty, former President & CEO, IBM The numbers are sobering, and they hit directly at a business's bottom line. According to Statistics Canada, one in six of all Canadian businesses...