A new study from the Mowat Centre at the University of Toronto argues that Ontario is at an economic disadvantage because of its having to transfer approximately $11 billion …
Ontario missing out on $billions from federal government: study Read More »
Global technology company Siemens has often handed out grants to universities, but few have been as generous as the just-announced in-kind software grant the company has given to Western University …
Siemens gives Western U engineering huge PLM software grant Read More »
Despite unrelentingly bad news from Canada’s energy sector, the country’s wholesale trade ended the year 2014 on a high. Wholesale sales rose 2.5 per cent in December, Statistics Canada reports. …
Wholesale trade saw healthy gains in 2014: Statistics Canada Read More »
An audit of the three federal entities that are supposed to be working to reduce Canada’s greenhouse emissions—Environment Canada, National Resources Canada, and Transport Canada—has found that the federal departments …
Canada’s corporate profits rose 7.4 per cent to $88.6 billion in the first quarter of 2014. Statistics Canada reports that operating profits were up in thirteen of the twenty-two industries …
Q1 Canadian corporate profits up, led by oil and gas Read More »
Another report in the growing literature about Canada’s skilled labour problems, this one from the CIBC, reaffirms what others have been saying for some time: too few students are graduating …
More engineers, fewer arts grads needed in Canada: CIBC Read More »
The Obama administration approved the export of liquefied natural gas by a Texas company, Freeport LNG. It is the first approval of LNG exports in almost two years. The Freeport …
The Canadian Natural Gas Initiative (CNGI) says that the industry needs to do more to communicate with and reach out to stakeholders and the public if it is to advance …
Natural gas industry outlines challenges, opportunities in Canada Read More »
