Disruption is a common theme running through two recent reports on prosperity in Canada, one from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the other from the federal government’s top advisor on …
Canada’s prosperity at risk from disruption, lack of skilled workforce: reports Read More »
Toronto’s financial services sector continues to grow and increase in importance to both the local and the Canadian economy. A new report from the Conference Board of Canada on the …
The adoption of drone technologies by businesses, which is just beginning to help them create new business and operating models, is about to explode, says a report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC). …
Drone use by business set to explode, worth $127B by 2020: PwC Read More »
For the first time since 1988, Alberta’s unemployment rate in January was higher than the national average, Statistics Canada reports. After losing 10,000 more jobs in the month, Alberta reached …
Job losses in Alberta, gains in Ontario, leave employment flat in January Read More »
It may come as a surprise to many to learn that the number one manufacturing employer in the GTA is not aerospace or the auto industry but food and beverage …
GTA food and beverage manufacturers launch Cluster to spur growth Read More »
If Ontario farmers grew locally just 10 per cent more of the fruits and vegetables that are currently imported, the benefit to the economy would be approximately a quarter of …
Ontario’s food producers missing local growth opportunities: study Read More »
Researchers at the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management at the University of Western Ontario have published a report on the future of Canadian manufacturing. The report is an …
Researchers studied successful manufacturers for lessons for the future Read More »
The free trade deal that the Harper government has been negotiating with the European Union has been stalled, if not killed outright, by the refusal of the German government to …
Canada-EU free trade deal in jeopardy over investor protection Read More »
