The Future of Canada’s Trade Infrastructure Network
The wealth of nations is built on trade. While Canada has historically been enriched by a trade dividend, it is currently navigating a trade landscape with shifting alliances in a warming and volatile world. Its trade infrastructure network was not built for these times. Canada can meet the moment with strategic investments in transformative trade infrastructure projects.
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Re-building our Military Will be Expensive, but Create Opportunities
There are many challenges on the way to rebuilding Canada’s military. The first is fiscal, finding the required dollars will require hard choices. As well, potentially doubling or more the size of our military will create labour pressures in other industries. We will also need an industrial policy, to build up our domestic manufacturing capacity for a wide array of military products. And we don’t have the luxury of time to achieve these goals.
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Minimal Employment Gains and Higher Unemployment in May
Canadian Economics June 6, 2025
In May, employment in Canada was virtually unchanged, rising by just 8,800 jobs. The labour force participation rate held steady at 65.3 per cent, while the unemployment rate increased to 7.0 per cent. On a year-over-year basis, average hourly wages grew by 3.4 per cent.
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Maxime Arseneau
Trade Balance Slumps to an All-time Low
Canadian Economics June 5, 2025
Trade tensions with the United States significantly impacted both exports and imports in April. Canadian exports fell 10.8 per cent, while imports were down 3.5 per cent. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit widened to $7.1 billion in April—the largest deficit on record.
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David Ristovski
Rates Unchanged as Bank Treads Carefully
Canadian Economics June 4, 2025
Stronger than expected growth gives the Bank of Canada some breathing room. The first quarter of 2025 outperformed expectations, with GDP rising 0.5 per cent on the previous quarter. GDP per-capita also increased for the second quarter in a row.
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Walter Bolduc
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