Reducing red tape on Canadian businesses could free up resources for growth; study
Statistics Canada estimated that the growth in regulatory requirements reduced business investment by 9 per cent and caused GDP growth to decline by 1.7 percentage points. Canadian businesses spent ...
Beer exec wants Canadians to understand what 'Brewed in Canada' means amid U.S. brand confusions
The head of the Canadian arm of Molson Coors Beverage Company is hoping consumers and policymakers understand what it means for a drink to be “brewed in Canada” as they make decisions on buying ...
The FP Wealth Survey: How much does it take to be considered wealthy in Canada?
Financial Post readers think people need a net worth of at least $5 million in order to be considered wealthy, they plan to invest about the same this year as last and their biggest regret was not ...
U.S. hits Canada lumber with 34% duties even before tariffs
The United States is poised to more than double duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 34.45 per cent, putting more pressure ...
Barrick Gold proposes name change to reflect copper push
Toronto-based Barrick is advancing work on a giant copper-gold project in Pakistan, called Reko Diq, and is expanding another major copper project in Zambia, Lumwana, which it says will become one of ...
Conservatives vow Canada businesses to see 25% less red tape
His proposal for so-called ‘two-for-one’ law is a more aggressive version of the existing Red Tape Reduction Act that enforces a one-for-one rule. He will also mandate that for every dollar in new ...
The Latest: Stocks plummet as global markets feel the impact of Trump's tariffs
The Federal Statistical Office said Monday that Germany’s exports to the U.S. were up 8.5% in February compared with the previous month, at 14.2 billion euros ($15.6 billion). German exports to the ...
Stocks are plunging and that may only be the start of the pain for Canadian consumers
Canadian stocks are deep in the red as well, down about four per cent on both Thursday and Friday. In the meanwhile, multiple ...
Bank of Canada outlook surveys show recession fears rising
The number of Canadian firms now operating on the assumption that a recession will occur over the next year has risen, ...
BMO-lead bank group postpones loan sale for HIG's U.S.-Canada IT merger
A group of banks led by Bank of Montreal have postponed a US$1.1 billion loan sale that was to help finance HIG Capital LLC’s planned purchase of Canadian firm Converge Technology Solutions Corp., ...
AI now an ’expectation’ at Shopify, will factor into hiring
Shopify’s use of AI has steadily increased in recent years with the company previously rolling out tools to help answer merchant questions or write product descriptions and email subject lines. You ...
Ontario offers $11 billion in relief to businesses stung by U.S. tariffs
Ontario businesses will see select provincial taxes deferred for six months, which Premier Doug Ford says will give them about $9 billion worth of relief amid global economic turmoil in the face of ...