Small business owners call on government to take on Amazon, level playing field
An association representing 97,000 of Canada’s small businesses is calling on Ottawa to do more to address Amazon.com Inc.’s dominance.
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Workers at 17 No Frills stores in Ontario set Monday strike deadline
Almost 1,300 workers at 17 No Frills grocery stores in Ontario could be on strike next week, as the union that represents them has set
Home sales slow in October as many buyers have already ‘gone into hibernation’: CREA
Home sales in Canada last month ticked up on an annual basis but fell 5.6 per cent compared with September as the Canadian Real Estate
Bad Boy Furniture aiming to restructure business as it faces ‘challenging’ economy
Bad Boy Furniture Warehouse Ltd. is aiming to restructure its business through a filing made under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
Canadians should plan for higher interest rates in the long run, BoC’s Rogers says
Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers is warning interest rates might not return to the low levels people were used to before the
Investments in public transit, housing headline Ottawa’s draft budget for 2024
The City of Ottawa released its 2024 draft budget Wednesday, a proposed $4.6-billion operational portfolio that keeps property tax increases capped at 2.5 per cent
BoC’s governing council split on whether interest rates need to rise further
Further interest rate hikes from the Bank of Canada are very much still on the table as its governing council remains split on whether rates
Small businesses still hoping for CEBA loan forgiveness extension as time runs out
As the deadline to repay CEBA loans and receive partial forgiveness approaches, small businesses are still hoping the federal government will reverse course and extend
Telecom companies discuss increased adoption of AI at annual conference
As Canada’s telecom sector undergoes technological changes, artificial intelligence could be leveraged to predict and reduce network outages or change the way customer service is
Canadian business insolvencies rise almost 42 per cent from last year
Canadian business insolvencies were up 41.8 per cent from a year earlier in the third quarter, surpassing pre-pandemic levels.
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