
Keeping Canada’s power on will require 20,000 new workers by 2022: report
Canada’s electricity providers say they need to appeal to a younger and more diverse workforce if they’re going to keep the country’s lights on. A
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Keeping Canada’s power on will require 20,000 new workers by 2022: report
Canada’s electricity providers say they need to appeal to a younger and more diverse workforce if they’re going to keep the country’s lights on. A

Ontario Tories to unveil first budget since winning majority government
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is set to table its first budget Thursday afternoon. Premier Doug Ford has said the fiscal plan will lay out what

Ontario realtors advise government to end so called ‘bully’ offers
Ontario’s realtors say the province should ban so-called “bully” offers that they say give some home buyers an unfair advantage. Ontario Real Estate Association President

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Housing starts CMHC releases its latest read on the Canadian housing market on Monday when it publishes its preliminary data on housing starts for March.

Bank CEOs expecting muted economic growth, subdued spring housing market
The chief executives of Canada’s biggest banks say they expect muted economic growth, a slower spring housing market and have concerns about the country’s future

CMHC looks to raise extra money for housing outside of billions from government
The chief executive of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says his agency wants to raise hundreds of millions more dollars to help Canadians afford

As one of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers, Hydro Ottawa has long understood the importance of listening to its employees, and capitalized on the

New carbon tax starts for provinces that fought the federal plan
People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government’s carbon tax begins

New carbon tax starts for provinces that fought the federal plan
People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government’s carbon tax begins

Ontario to expand beer, wine to corner stores, finance minister says
Ontario’s finance minister says the province will move ahead with an expansion of beer and wine sales into corner stores, big box stores, and more
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