• Low rates not enough to boost home construction to what we’ll need
    Oct 11 2024

    After catching you up on the news of the week, Amanda Lang speaks with Aled ab Iorweth, deputy chief economist with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, to check in on the pace of Canadian home construction and whether it will meet our future housing needs.

    After years out of favour, nuclear power is ramping up again around the world, including Canada. Amanda Lang speaks with John Gorman, the head of the Canadian Nuclear Association, and Jeff Binns with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization for an update on what is driving the demand, and what the plans are to handle the relatively small amount of waste it will produce.

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    23 mins
  • What is the role of government in the future of work?
    Oct 9 2024

    After catching you up on the business news you need to know this week, Amanda Lang speaks with Steven MacKinnon, Canada’s Minister of Labour & Seniors, for a discussion on what role government can play in optimizing the future of work in Canada.

    For the first time ever, four generations are in the work force together, which is impacting everything from work from home policies to the nature of productivity. Amanda speaks with Steven Davis, Director of Research at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University and Evangeline Berube with HR consulting firm Robert Half about what it all means.

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    20 mins
  • How a U.S. move to ban Chinese car software will impact Canada
    Sep 27 2024

    Amanda Lang gets you caught up on the news of the week, and we check in with Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Vic Fedeli, for his thoughts on the outlook for the province’s automotive sector.

    Amanda Lang speaks with TD Bank economist James Marple and Kevin Lee of the Canadian Home Builders Association for their outlook on the construction sector and its role in Canada’s productivity gap.

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    24 mins
  • What new 30-year mortgage rules might do to the housing market
    Sep 20 2024

    From Canadian inflation to the latest decision on interest rates, Amanda Lang breaks down the news of the week in The Briefs. And we hear from with Penelope Graham, a mortgage expert with Ratehub.ca to see if new 30-year mortgage rules designed to help first time buyers get into the market will actually make affordability worse.

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    24 mins
  • Low rates still can't solve the housing crisis: Ian Lee
    Sep 13 2024

    Electricity is the new oil, and North America’s grid is in danger of one day running dry, which is why Ontario has launched the largest procurement plan in its history.

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    24 mins
  • What the Bank of Canada’s cut might do to the housing market
    Sep 6 2024

    Amanda Lang chats with Marc Desormeaux, principal economist with Desjardins about the impact of the central bank’s rate cut on affordability.

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    24 mins
  • Will curtailing immigration solve the housing problem
    Aug 30 2024

    With work stoppages at CN and CP Rail and possibly soon Air Canada.

    Will new tariffs invite retaliation from China

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    24 mins
  • Special on the Middle Class in Canada
    Aug 30 2024

    A look a the middle class: By the Numbers.

    Building a Middle Class.

    Middle Class and Taxes.

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    24 mins