Bank of Canada holds rate, forecasts decline in GDP of 7.8% this year
Outlook is less rosy than those the Trudeau Liberals relied on in their economic update released a week ago.
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Huawei hopeful it can provide 5G to Canada despite Trump pressure, U.K. ban
Huawei has a major research and development centre for 5G and 6G technology in Ottawa, where several hundred people work at its Kanata-based research facility.
Canada, U.S. expected to extend mutual travel ban into late August
Canada-U.S. border has been closed to “discretionary” travel like vacations and shopping trips since the pandemic took hold of the continent in mid-March.
Federal wage subsidy to be extended to December
Prime minister isn’t saying today how the government will reshape the eligibility rules for the program
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Federal civil servants to get up to $2,500 each for Phoenix ‘pain and suffering’
Tentative PSAC contract settlement for about 70,000 civil servants also includes average annual wage increases of 2% in each of the next three years
DavidsTea closing 82 stores in Canada, all 42 U.S. stores
Closure of “a significant number of money-losing stores” will allow firm to focus on e-commerce sales.
High unemployment, $343B deficit projected in Liberals’ fiscal snapshot
Liberal government says it believes there will be a slow return to a new normal, with unemployment high and economic growth low through to at
Ontario business owners finding themselves on their own when it comes to mask enforcement
Short of calling the police on noncompliant customers, businesses may find they have little power to enforce their policies on the public.
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