Canadian Chamber of Commerce

‘It is your new normal’: Canada’s aging work force root of national labour shortage

Ottawa

For years, experts have been warning of a looming wave of retirements as baby boomers grow older and start to exit the workforce en masse.

Mona Fortier speaks to attendees of the Women, Wine & Wisdom dinner held Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022

Op-ed: Like business, the federal workforce is not turning back the clock, TB boss says

Ottawa

“Public servants have never stopped working and they delivered under extremely difficult circumstances when Canadians needed them most — during the pandemic,” writes Mona Fortier.

Business groups call on feds to bring public sector employees back to the office

Ottawa

In a letter with 33 signatories, business leaders argue that some governments are lagging in their plans to bring public-sector employees back to the office.

Growing number of companies end mandatory vaccination as COVID-19 restrictions ease

Canada & World

Governments have been loosening COVID-19 restrictions, with Ottawa allowing airline and railway workers as well as passengers to climb on board without being jabbed starting

Bank of Canada raises key rate by half a point amid stubbornly high inflation

Canada & World

In an unprecedented move, the Bank of Canada has announced a major increase to its key interest rate for the second time in two months

Bank of Canada expected to jack up interest rates as inflation persists

Canada & World

“Canadian inflation is running more than three times faster than target,” Desjardins’ head of macro strategy, Royce Mendes, wrote in a note to clients Monday.

Canada eyes new measures to protect economy from national security threats

Canada & World

New measures to ensure Canada doesn’t export sensitive technology to foreign adversaries are among the changes being eyed by Ottawa to bolster the country’s economic

Facebook owner Meta to hire 2,500 in Canadian roles, create Toronto engineering hub

Canada & World

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitious vision to create an immersive digital realm will be aided by thousands of Canadian hires and a new engineering hub

As border blockade persists, Canadians fear a pretext for more U.S. protectionism

Canada & World

U.S. protectionism has been a fact of life for decades. But even a year removed from Donald Trump’s turn as president, it’s very much on

Trucker border blockades tighten bottlenecks on choked supply chain

Canada & World

Since Monday, protesters have cut off Canada-bound traffic on the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor in a show of solidarity with demonstrators in Ottawa.