The World Economic Forum (WEF) is encouraging big investors to reconsider renewable energy, particularly solar, as a viable, profitable asset class. Renewable energy technology has made “exponential gains” in efficiency, …
Solar energy a good investment, claims World Economic Forum Read More »
The headline achievement of Unifor’s just-ratified contract with Ford, the last of the three negotiations with the Detroit Three automakers, is the $713 million investment the union managed to secure …
Securing new investment greatest achievement of Unifor’s agreement with Ford Read More »
Contract negotiations between Unifor and the Detroit Three automakers have become potentially more complicated as a union local leader at an Oakville Ford assembly plant has said he will not …
Local Ford union rebellion over GM contract threatens pattern bargaining Read More »
A drop in orders for new manufactured goods, coinciding with the suspension of production activity in the Alberta oilsands, has resulted in a slight drop in the RBC Canadian manufacturing …
Modest business growth forecast as manufacturing slows in June Read More »
A sizable majority of Canada’s small and mid-sized enterprises, or SMEs, intend to invest in their business in the coming year. A study from the Business Development Bank of Canada …
Canada’s small businesses encouraged to invest for success Read More »
Another study, this one from the Broadbent Institute, says that Canada’s governments need to invest at least $50 billion over the next five years to prevent its public infrastructure from …
Invest $50 billion in infrastructure over five years or fall further behind: Report Read More »
Two of Ontario’s most influential transit advocacy groups have reacted favourably to the Wynne government’s budget, brought down today at Queen’s Park. The Ontario Public Transit Association (OPTA), which represents …
Transit groups call Ontario budget a step in the right direction Read More »
Two new plant expansions were announced in Ontario’s auto parts industry this past week, bringing an additional 113 jobs to the region. Howa Textile Industry of Japan, which operates in …
Two auto parts plants adding jobs in southwestern Ontario Read More »
