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Stephen Poloz explains why volatility is trending up for the next decade from 2022-02-23T08:00
This week on Down to Business, former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz identifies five "tectonic" forces that are going to create new crises for at least a decade. He explains why volatility i...
ListenWhat it will take to get Canada to net zero from 2022-02-16T03:00
This week on Down to Business two electricity experts Bruce Lourie and Gretchen Bakke talk about the many hurdles Canada will have to clear to get to net zero
ListenTougher Fed is not good news for big tech from 2022-02-09T03:00
This week on Down to Business, Douglas Porter, BMO's chief economist, talks about why tech stocks are taking a beating and what it means for investors and our economy.
ListenHow Uber's deal with a union could change the gig economy forever from 2022-02-02T08:00
This week on Down to Business, law professor Veena Dubal speaks about what Uber's deal with United Food and Commercial Workers means for the company, its workers and other similar businesses in Can...
ListenHow the COVID-19 pandemic is changing commercial real estate from 2022-01-19T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Cushman&Wakefield's Samantha Sannella talks about how our office may look different once we return and why companies will need to provide perks to lure people back.
ListenWeb 3.0 — A decentralized internet that could be based on blockchain technology from 2022-01-12T08:00
This week on Down to Business, guests Lex Sokolin and Victoria Lemieux talk about how blockchain could have profound implications on the way the internet works, particularly the attention economy.
ListenLabour shortage threatens to become economy's biggest bottleneck from 2021-12-15T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Scotiabank chief economist Jean-Francois Perrault talks about lessons from a shock that had no playbook and what challenges our economy faces ahead.
ListenCanadians will feel the bite of rising prices even more in 2022 from 2021-12-08T08:00
This week on Down To Business, the Conference Board of Canada's Sohaib Shahid explains what’s causing inflation to rise to its highest point in three decades and what that means for Canadians, espe...
ListenThe Crypto Files: If you think it doesn't affect you, think again. Blockchain is way bigger than money from 2021-12-01T08:00
In the second of a three-part series on Down to Business exploring issues related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, Andreas Park, an economist and a professor of finance at University ...
ListenWhat the U.S. EV tax credit means for Canada from 2021-11-24T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association of Canada, explains how the U.S. infrastructure bill will affect Canada's auto industry and ...
ListenWhy blockchain development technology is crucial to the metaverse from 2021-11-17T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Ethan Lou, author of the book "Once a bitcoin miner," offers his perspective on why blockchain technology is already important but bound to play an even greater role ...
ListenCanada's biggest risk in green transition is missed opportunities from 2021-11-10T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Rachel Samson, research director for clean growth at the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, talks about the COP26 summit and how the pandemic revealed a shift in...
ListenCanada's biggest risk in green transition is missed opportunities from 2021-11-10T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Rachel Samson, research director for clean growth at the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, talks about the COP26 summit and how the pandemic revealed a shift in...
ListenCanada's biggest risk in green transition is missed opportunities from 2021-11-10T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Rachel Samson, research director for clean growth at the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, talks about the COP26 summit and how the pandemic revealed a shift in...
ListenWhy the post-pandemic economy is humbling forecasters from 2021-11-03T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Beata Caranici, chief economist of TD Bank, talks about the uncertainty the economy is facing as it struggles to emerge from the pandemic. Learn more about your ad ch...
ListenWhy Calgary's new mayor wants to declare a 'climate emergency' from 2021-10-27T07:00
This week on Down to Business, host Gabriel Friedman talks with Calgary's first female mayor Jyoti Gondek about the polarization around climate change and fossil fuels and how she plans to attract ...
ListenThis tech company grew fivefold in just over a year — and stayed in Canada from 2021-10-20T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Lightspeed CEO Dax DaSilva talks about his company's remarkable growth spurt, how it is attracting and keeping talent and why Canada is actually an amazing place to h...
ListenAddressing single use plastics left behind by takeout food from 2021-10-13T07:00
This week on Down to Business podcast, Megan Takeda-Tully talks about starting a company during a pandemic, the challenges of her endeavor and what’s at stake Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
ListenCanada's unemployment is high but the number of people quitting jobs is also rising. What's going on? from 2021-10-06T07:00
This week on Down To Business Prof. Jennifer Robson talks about whether employers may end up hiking wages, the labour shortage and the Canada Recovery Benefit. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
ListenCanada is addicted to high-rising home prices — and that's the problem from 2021-09-29T07:00
This week on Down To Business Prof. Paul Kershaw talks about how rising real estate prices are distorting Canada’s economic growth and hurting younger generations. Learn more about your ad choices....
ListenUncovering Canada's role in supporting slavery in the Caribbean from 2021-09-22T07:00
This week on Down to Business, University of Toronto's Padraic Scanlan talks about the controversy around Henry Dundas and some unsettling chapters of Canada’s past. Learn more about your ad choice...
Listen'That world is over:' Airbnb CEO on how the pandemic has disrupted how we live and travel forever from 2021-09-15T07:00
This week on Down to Business Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, talks about how his tech startup survived the most disruptive time for travel since World War II — and came out stronger Le...
ListenHow facial recognition technology impacts our dignity, autonomy and human rights from 2021-09-08T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Wendy Wong, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto where she is also a research lead at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Socie...
ListenSmaller housing markets set for a shock when life shifts back to the cities from 2021-09-01T07:00
With the Federal Election around the corner, leaders are rolling out their political platforms, including promises on housing and affordability. This week on Down to Business we talk to John Pasali...
Listen'The pandemic is going to be a catalyst to change how we do income support:' Craig Alexander from 2021-08-25T07:00
This week on "Down to Business," Deloitte chief economist Craig Alexander talks with Financial Post's Larysa Harapyn about the election issues dominating Canada's economic landscape: the recovery, ...
ListenThe jobs most at risk of being transformed by automation from 2021-08-18T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Natalia Mishagina, research director at the Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montreal, where she focuses on the future of skills and adult learning, speaks ...
ListenPave paradise … how parking lots are choking our cities and economy from 2021-08-11T07:00
This week on Down to Business, urban planner Ashley Salvador talks about how Edmonton, a city with 50% more parking than it needs, is the first city in Canada to ditch minimum parking requirements....
ListenPeople need to accept that Canada is the fourth biggest producer of oil in the world: Seamus O’Regan from 2021-08-04T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Seamus O’Regan, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, talks about the importance of the oil and gas industry to the economy and why he believes the carbon tax is th...
Listen'We're in trouble:' Ag expert warns there's no adapting if this summer's 'heat dome' becomes the norm from 2021-07-28T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Lenore Newman, director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at University of the Fraser Valley, explains what climate change and extreme weather mean for Canada’s f...
ListenThe huge human, social and economic costs of governments’ failure to prepare for the pandemic from 2021-07-21T07:00
This week, on Down to Business, Heather Reisman, chief executive of Toronto-based Indigo Books and Music Inc. speaks with host Gabriel Friedman about how her business fared during the pandemic, whe...
ListenDeciphering the mysteries of the pandemic job crisis from 2021-07-14T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Fabian Lange, Canadian Research Chair in Labour and Personnel Economics at McGill University, talks about how the pandemic has affected employment across Canada. Lea...
ListenCanada can't escape China, so here's how it can build a bridge to ease trade tensions from 2021-07-07T07:00
This week, on Down to Business, Sharon Zhengyang Sun, trade policy economist for the Canada West Foundation, and a distinguished fellow for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, speaks to host Gab...
ListenNot since Expo '67: pandemic leads to first travel surplus in Canada in decades from 2021-06-30T07:00
This week on Down to Business, David Jacobson, a former U.S Ambassador to Canada, talks about the economic impact, both directly and indirectly, of closing our borders with our biggest trading part...
Listen'Stark, unmistakeable and tragic': The failure of long-term care during COVID from 2021-06-23T07:00
This week Down to Business talks to Alex Himelfarb, a former clerk of the privy council, about why more than two-thirds of Canada's deaths during the COVID-19 crisis occurred in long-term care home...
ListenCanada is showing the world how carbon pricing should be done: Nobel-prize winning economist William Nordhaus from 2021-06-16T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Yale economist William Nordhaus discusses the economics of climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenDeath of the office, no. But there will be an evolution: RioCan CEO from 2021-06-09T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Financial Post's Larysa Harapyn talks to RioCan CEO Jonathan Gitlin about how the pandemic is changing the commercial real estate landscape. Learn more about your ad ...
ListenCanadian restaurants closed for more than 365 days suffer in 'lost year of business' from 2021-06-02T07:00
As we look forward to a summer of possibly "getting back to normal," businesses struggle with the prospect of reopening, only to close again. In this first of a two-part series on reopening, Down t...
ListenWorking from home and the office not as easy as you might think from 2021-05-26T07:00
This week Down to Business talks to workplace expert Doron Melnick who says a hybrid between working from home and in the office could be the best of both worlds. But before we get there employers ...
ListenMyths about Canada's pandemic 'recession': Sprott School of Business' Ian Lee from 2021-05-19T07:00
This week, on Down to Business, Ian Lee, an associate professor of Management at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business, offers his passionate take on how Canada has squandered precious re...
ListenWhy everybody is stressing out about rare earth metals from 2021-05-12T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Neo Performance Materials CEO Constantine Karayannopoulos talks about brewing international tensions over rare earths and why we need them for the future. Learn more ...
ListenESG 'fantasy' distracts from real climate change fight, says former Blackrock insider from 2021-05-05T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Tariq Fancy, the former chief investment officer for sustainable investing at Blackrock, explains how he became a cynic about ESG investments. Learn more about your ...
ListenHow 'urban mining' could someday replace pulling minerals from the ground from 2021-04-28T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Li-Cycle's Ajay Kochar talks about the race to remake the North American recycling landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenForget bubbles, Canada has a housing affordability crisis: Frances Donald from 2021-04-21T07:00
High home prices and child care costs hurt Canada more than people think, economically hampering our next generation of workers and spenders, warns Manulife's chief economist. Learn more about you...
ListenDays are numbered for fossil-fuel cars. Is Canada ready? from 2021-04-14T07:00
This week, on Down to Business, Brian Kingston, president and chief executive of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association, and Benjamin Sharpe, a senior researcher and Canada Regional Lead at...
Listen'Amazing economic opportunity for Canada' in Biden's green plan from 2021-04-07T07:00
This week on Down to Business Clean Energy Canada's Sarah Petrevan talks about the economic imperative of nations going green. Canada, she says, is uniquely positioned to benefit from U.S. Presiden...
ListenWatch for more fallout as tensions between China and the West mount from 2021-03-31T07:00
This week, on Down to Business, Wesley Wark, an expert on national security and intelligence, explores the nature of Canada’s tensions with China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
ListenCP's 'historic and transformational' merger could be the last of the big rail deals from 2021-03-24T07:00
This week, on Down to Business, it’s a story about creating the first transcontinental railroad, the corporate titans who invest in rail, the North American supply chains and trade they serve and a...
Listen'Big, big changes' in the pipeline as COVID accelerates green shift from 2021-03-17T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Jumana Saleheen, chief economist for the commodity research firm CRU, talks about the impacts, paradoxes and opportunities in the transition away from fossil fuels. L...
ListenPandemic showed the inability of the world to act globally: Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow from 2021-03-10T08:00
This week on Down to Business, to mark PDAC's virtual mining conference, Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow explains why he does not think the crisis is over and how the gold industry still has a lot of...
ListenButtergate, the Canadian dairy controversy that swept the world from 2021-03-03T08:00
This week Down to Business talks to Sylvain Charlebois, professor and director at the Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab, about 'Buttergate,' the hard butter controversy that cast a glo...
ListenCOVID-weary Canada should brace for 'worst wave of them all' in April from 2021-02-24T08:00
This week Down to Business looks at how we are coping with the pandemic one year on and the challenges of vaccine rollout in Canada, perhaps the single biggest issue right now affecting the economi...
ListenHow Alberta's old oil wells could feed the world's growing hunger for lithium from 2021-02-17T08:00
This week, on Down to Business, Chris Doornbros explains how his company Calgary-based E3 Metals is working on technology to extract lithium from old oil and gas reservoirs in Alberta, and how this...
ListenBrace yourself for 'very dismal' economic numbers, then a rush for restaurant reservations from 2021-02-10T08:00
Deloitte chief economist Craig Alexander talks about what lies ahead as we battle a second wave of the coronavirus and how the pandemic's legacy will be deep economic scars, but also opportunities ...
ListenMarket manipulation or David vs Goliath? Unpacking the Reddit trader phenomenon from 2021-02-03T08:00
This week on Down to Business, host Gabriel Friedman talks to two financial experts with very different takes on the wild run-up in stocks brought on by Reddit message boards and online trading. ...
ListenDavid Dodge on the challenges ahead for Canada's post-COVID economy from 2021-01-27T08:00
This week on Down to Business, economist David Dodge, former governor of the Bank of Canada, talks about missed opportunities during the pandemic and how the government now must find a way to inves...
Listen'Real potential for on-going terrorist acts' in wake of Washington insurrection: expert from 2021-01-20T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Carleton political science professor Laura Macdonald talks about the angry mobs storming the Capitol and what U.S. instability means for Canada, and for the North Ame...
ListenOutlook for the economy brighter than many think: CIBC's Royce Mendes from 2021-01-13T08:00
This week on Down to Business CIBC senior economist Royce Mendes tells us why he is more optimistic than many of his peers and how the economic recovery is already within sight. Learn more about yo...
ListenHow COVID will change how small business is conducted (Andy Yan) from 2020-12-23T08:00
This week on Down to Business Andy Yan of Simon Fraser University, who has earned a reputation as a keen observer of trends in real estate and small business, talks about how the pandemic has inter...
ListenHoping 'this nightmare will be over soon': On the frontlines of a restaurant in the pandemic from 2020-12-16T08:00
On this week’s episode of Down to Business, Trevor David, the owner, and self-described “chief cook and bottlewasher” at The Art of BBQ smokehouse in locked-down Toronto, describes how restaurants...
ListenThe 'inspiration and anxiety' of running a high-risk meat business during a pandemic (Michael McCain) from 2020-12-09T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Maple Leaf Foods CEO Michael McCain, a billionaire known for his ability to handle a crisis, says 2020 has generated new levels of anxiety and inspiration. Learn mor...
ListenThe best way to get people the help they need in a pandemic from 2020-12-02T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Shari Eli, an economist at the University of Toronto, explains what history says about the long-term effects of welfare and work programs and talks about the recovery...
ListenMisconceptions about the COVID vaccines now hitting the headlines from 2020-11-25T08:00
This week on Down To Business, Tom Blackwell, a reporter for the National Post, talks about how we are not getting the whole story on the new COVID-19 vaccines and how it’s a mistake to think they ...
ListenCanada could be stuck with holdovers from Trump for a long time from 2020-11-18T08:00
This week, on Down to Business, Meredith Lilly, a former trade adviser for Stephen Harper, discusses how Canada’s trade relationship with the U.S. has evolved. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
ListenStephen Poloz on interest rates, our oil industry and the K-shaped recovery from 2020-11-11T08:00
This week on Down to Business, the former governor of the Bank of Canada talks about the state of Canada’s affairs, including its economic recovery and any potential impacts from the U.S. election....
ListenWhat went wrong with Ontario's COVID-19 testing from 2020-11-04T08:00
On this week’s Down to Business, the National Post's Richard Warnica talks about how the province has not been able to meet its testing needs and the lack of foresight behind it. Learn more about ...
ListenHow luxury parka maker Canada Goose filled a critical need in the pandemic from 2020-10-28T07:00
This week, on Down to Business, Dani Reiss, chief executive of Canada Goose, talks about how his company stepped up when the country found itself facing a critical shortage of personal protective e...
ListenUnpacking the ugly conflict over lobster fisheries in Nova Scotia from 2020-10-21T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Dalhousie’s Megan Bailey sets the record straight on the historical, legal and environmental facts of the dispute that has sparked shocking violence in southern Nova ...
ListenWill Canada's housing friendly recession last? (With Benjamin Tal, CIBC Deputy Chief Economist) from 2020-10-14T07:00
This week on Down To Business, Gabriel Friedman talks to CIBC Deputy Chief Economist Bejamin Tal about how high housing prices in the middle of one of the worst recessions in history have exposed C...
ListenOil’s demise will be more gradual than many imagine (Daniel Yergin) from 2020-10-07T07:00
This week on Down To Business, Gabriel Friedman talks to pulitzer prize-winning analyst Daniel Yergin on the future of energy and Canada’s oilsands and how pipelines have become the new political b...
ListenHow Canada can pull from behind the curve to a world leader in EVs from 2020-09-30T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Cedric Smith, an analyst at the clean energy think tank, Pembina Institute, talks about the opportunities for this country in the green economy. Learn more about your...
ListenOil and Blood: Saudi Arabia's crown prince poses a challenge for the West (with journalist and author Justin Scheck) from 2020-09-23T07:00
This week, on Down to Business, Justin Scheck, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal and co-author of Blood and Oil, a new book about Saudi Arabia, discusses how the oil-rich nation is trying to di...
ListenHow consumer behaviour has changed during COVID-19 (Economist Anindya Sen) from 2020-09-16T07:00
The last recession gave birth to the gig economy, in which companies like Airbnb and Uber convinced people to monetize their houses and cars. COVID will make changes too, in commerce and beyond. Th...
ListenWhy the world’s resource king is so interested in Saskatchewan from 2020-09-09T07:00
BHP Group, one of the world’s largest mining corporations, is known for iron ore and copper, petroleum and coal, not potash. But that may be changing. This week on Down to Business, host Gabriel Fr...
ListenConflicting data show this recession is anything but normal from 2020-09-02T07:00
Despite a record drop in economic activity, 2020 is set to be a bumper year for growth in disposal income — what gives? This week on Down to Business host Gabriel Friedman talks to Conference Board...
ListenWhat Chrystia Freeland brings to the table as Canada’s finance minister from 2020-08-26T07:00
Canada’s finance minister Bill Morneau abruptly resigned last week in the middle of one of worst economic crises since the Second World War. His replacement, deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland...
ListenWhat record high gold prices mean for mining companies in Canada (with Agnico Eagle Mines CEO Sean Boyd) from 2020-07-29T07:00
On this week’s Down to Business, host Gabriel Friedman speaks with Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. CEO Sean Boyd about what it’s been like to run a gold company amid a pandemic and record gold prices. Lear...
ListenWhat the decision whether to reopen schools this fall means for the recovery — podcast from 2020-07-22T07:00
On this week’s Down to Business, as part of our series on Reopening Canada, Clementine Van Effenterre, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Toronto, talks about how the pandemic...
ListenHow consumer behaviours are changing as a result of the pandemic (with Ernie Johannson, BMO Financial Group) from 2020-07-15T07:00
On this week’s Down to Business, Ernie Johannson, group head of personal and business banking in North America for BMO Financial Group, speaks to host Gabriel Friedman about shifting consumer habit...
ListenWe’re going to be living in a deflationary world (economist Irene Lauro) from 2020-07-08T07:00
On this week's Down to Business, Irene Lauro, a senior economist at Schroders, explains the ripple effects of “reshoring” and how deflation is a top concern for economists as the recovery moves for...
ListenHow the world of work is changing in Canada for better and worse (Mercer Canada CEO Jaqui Parchment) from 2020-07-02T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Jaqui Parchment, chief executive of Mercer Canada, one of the largest human resources consulting firms in the world, talks to Gabriel Friedman about what’s happening...
ListenThe Canadian economy is reopening, get ready for some false starts (CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld) from 2020-06-24T07:00
On this week's Down to Business, CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld talks to host Gabriel Friedman about the shape and speed of the recovery. While some sectors will rebound quickly, a second big ...
ListenHow the COVID-19 pandemic could – and should – change the tourism sector (G Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip) from 2020-06-17T07:00
This week on Down to Business, G Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip talks to host Emily Jackson about how COVID-19 has affected his business and how he believes the travel industry should evolve onc...
ListenHow corporate Canada can address systemic challenges faced by the black business community from 2020-06-10T07:00
Nadine Spencer, president of the Black Business and Professional Association, talks to host Emily Jackson about the ongoing challenges faced by Canada’s black business community and what can be don...
ListenNew leader takes helm of Bank of Canada in the throes of a global crisis from 2020-06-03T07:00
Financial Post columnist Kevin Carmichael talks to host Emily Jackson about the legacy of outgoing Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz, the decision to replace him with Tiff Macklem, what the ban...
Listen‘Health and Safety is the new Black’: How COVID-19 will permanently change Canada’s retail sector – podcast from 2020-05-27T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Retail Council of Canada CEO Diane Brisebois talks with host Emily Jackson about the challenges facing retailers as they re-open and how between 25% and 30% may never...
ListenGoodbye office space, hello suburbs: Canadian real estate in pandemic times from 2020-05-20T07:00
This week on Down to Business, Ryerson University real estate management professor Murtaza Haider talks to host Emily Jackson about the pandemic’s impact on housing and rental prices, how the shift...
ListenScreen time is way up, and this Vancouver production studio is hiring to keep up with demand from 2020-05-13T07:00
Demand for entertainment has skyrocketed during the pandemic shut-in. Thunderbird Entertainment chief executive Jennifer Twiner-McCarron talks to host Emily Jackson about how her company has been a...
ListenCanada’s auto industry gears up to go back to work (Honda Canada CEO Jean Marc Leclerc) from 2020-05-06T07:00
Auto sales are down 75% as the industry struggles with closed dealerships and shuttered factories. This week on Down to Business, Honda Canada’s new chief executive Jean Marc Leclerc discusses the ...
ListenShockproofing Canada: How business can prepare for the next shock from 2020-05-01T07:00
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on people and economies around the world, Canada’s business community is starting to ask – what can we do to better prepare before the next crisis hits? Confere...
ListenHow farmers are taking the brunt of meat industry’s problems in COVID-19 pandemic from 2020-04-29T07:00
This week on Down to Business, host Emily Jackson talks to food market analyst Kevin Grier about why the meat industry was one of the first hit by the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, how big i...
ListenShockproofing Canada: Why our drug supply can’t be 100% self-sufficient from 2020-04-24T07:00
Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association president Jim Keon joins Down to Business host Emily Jackson to discuss the vulnerabilities in Canada’s drug supply chain during the pandemic, which has ...
ListenWhy Canada’s economy must reopen gradually to avoid devastating second lockdown (Vancity CEO Tamara Vrooman) from 2020-04-22T07:00
This week on Down to Business, the CEO of the country’s largest community credit union talks to host Emily Jackson about how COVID-19 has affected members, the government’s response to the crisis,...
ListenShockproofing Canada: How secure is our food supply? (Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Mary Robinson) from 2020-04-16T15:01:10
Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Mary Robinson joins Down to Business host Emily Jackson to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in our food system and what less...
ListenAs internet and phone usage skyrockets amid coronavirus, will Ottawa still push for affordability? from 2020-04-15T07:00
This week on Down to Business, host Emily Jackson talks to Telus executive Jim Senko about how telecoms are grappling with the huge boost in demand because of the pandemic shutdown and the industry...
ListenShockproofing Canada’s energy sector: Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall from 2020-04-09T13:55:35
Former Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall joins Down to Business host Emily Jackson to discuss what energy self-sufficiency would look like in Canada and how the government could take action to create ...
ListenHow Canada’s billions in coronavirus emergency spending could help you from 2020-04-08T07:00
CIBC tax expert Jamie Golombek talks to host Emily Jackson about new benefits designed to help Canadians weather the coronavirus crisis financially and how to access them. Learn more about your a...
ListenMeet the small manufacturers scaling up to build made-in-Canada coronavirus testing kits, ventilators from 2020-04-01T07:00
Ventilators, surgical masks and testing kits have become hot commodities as countries race to buy up the medical equipment needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Host Emily Jackson talks to the ...
ListenHow coronavirus market chaos compares to 2008 financial crisis (Jonathan Chevreau) from 2020-03-25T07:00
Watching the stock market these days is like looking at a falling elevator — and investors are starting to panic. Personal finance columnist Jonathan Chevreau joins host Emily Jackson with advice o...
ListenJust how bad will the coronavirus pandemic be for Canada’s economy? (BMO chief economist Doug Porter) from 2020-03-18T07:00
BMO Financial Group chief economist Doug Porter joins host Emily Jackson to talk about the unprecedented turmoil the Canadian economy is already going through from the impact of coronavirus shutdow...
ListenWhy Canada needs more women in finance (Women in Capital Markets’ Camilla Sutton) from 2020-03-11T07:00
Canada lags the G7 on promoting women in leadership roles. Only four per cent of companies listed on the TSX have a female CEO and 15 per cent a female chief financial officer. This week on Down to...
ListenThe inside story of Bombardier's asset sales (CEO Alain Bellemare) from 2020-03-04T08:00
Bombardier chief executive Alain Bellemare joins host Emily Jackson on this week’s Down to Business to talk about why the one-time Quebec manufacturing giant sold off major assets to focus exclusiv...
ListenHow rail blockades are connected to cancelled $20-billion oilsands project (Financial Post’s Gabe Friedman) from 2020-02-26T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Financial Post resources reporter Gabe Friedman joins host Emily Jackson to discuss how the Wet’suwet’en rail blockades are connected to Teck Resources' decision not ...
ListenHow we will be using drones in five years (Drone Delivery Canada CEO Michael Zahra) from 2020-02-19T08:00
Drones are poised to be a big future player in the logistics and delivery business, whether they drop off pizza on your doorstep or carry replacement parts to offshore oil rigs. Drone Delivery Cana...
ListenWhat makes Canada’s real estate market tick (Re/Max Canada’s Pamela Alexander) from 2020-02-12T08:00
This week on Down to Business, host Emily Jackson speaks with Re/Max Canada owner operator Pamela Alexander about the boom in real estate agents, how technology may disrupt how homes are bought and...
ListenHow Canada’s online grocery market could grow to $30 billion a year (Goodfood CEO Jonathan Ferrari) from 2020-02-05T08:00
Canadians buy almost everything online these days, yet we have lagged behind other countries when it comes to purchasing groceries over the internet. This week host Emily Jackson talks to Goodfood ...
ListenPowersports therapy: Inside the astonishing success of Canada’s snowmobile maker BRP (CEO José Boisjoli) from 2020-01-29T08:00
Seventeen years ago BRP was split from its parent company Bombardier; today its market value is almost twice as much. BRP CEO José Boisjoli talks to Down to Business host Emily Jackson about how th...
ListenStock market bonanza due for ‘interruption’ of 5% to 10% (Manulife chief economist Frances Donald) from 2020-01-22T08:00
The stock market is on fire this year even as economic indicators remain on the shaky side. Exuberance on one hand, skepticism on the other. Manulife chief economist Frances Donald talks to host Em...
ListenWhat’s in store for Canada’s energy sector in 2020 (with Jackie Forrest, senior director, Arc Energy Research Institute) from 2020-01-15T08:00
On this week's Down to Business, host Emily Jackson speaks with Jackie Forrest, senior director at the Arc Energy Research Institute, about some of the pressing issues facing the country’s oil and ...
ListenTop takeaways from the Canadian business world (Financial Post editor Nicole MacAdam) from 2019-12-23T20:16:12
Financial Post editor Nicole MacAdam is moving on to become editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun. In this Down to Business bonus episode, she talks with host Emily Jackson about the...
ListenOne trillion reasons investing will change in the new decade (BMO’s Joanna Rotenberg) from 2019-12-18T08:00
On this week’s Down to Business, Joanna Rotenberg, group head of BMO wealth management, talks to host Emily Jackson about three sweeping changes coming in the next decade, how investment strategies...
ListenHow Canada's economy fared in 2019 from 2019-12-11T08:00
This week on Down to Business, Financial Post national business columnist Kevin Carmichael joins host Emily Jackson to discuss Canada’s economic performance in 2019 and what it says about 2020. Lea...
ListenInside the strategy of one of Canada’s fastest growing retailers (Saje CEO Kate Ross LeBlanc) from 2019-12-04T08:00
25 years ago Kate Ross LeBlanc and her husband started a company selling the essential oils that had helped him recover from a car accident. Now they have 84 stores in North America and revenue has...
ListenHow Shopify is 'arming the rebels' as Amazon builds its empire (with COO Harley Finkelstein) from 2019-11-27T08:00
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are here, along with the onslaught in advertising. We know these shopping holidays, and the holiday season in general, are massive events for major retailers. But what...
ListenHow Ikea Canada plans to get shoppers through the door or online in the digital era (CEO Michael Ward) from 2019-11-20T08:00
Big box stores have had to rethink their strategies in a digital world where online shopping has taken a bite out of in-person sales. Disruption to distribution models and demographic shifts in whe...
ListenStreaming wars a game changer for Canadian content production: (Project 10’s Andrew Barnsley) from 2019-11-13T08:00
Streaming has shaken traditional TV as Canadian consumers get more choice than ever before. This week on Down to Business, host Emily Jackson discusses how the streaming wars have affected Canada’s...
ListenAre we a country that can build things anymore? (Business Council of Canada CEO Goldy Hyder) from 2019-11-06T08:00
Canada is falling behind on the global stage and Big Business is worried. On this week’s episode of Down to Business, host Emily Jackson discusses the to-do list for the new government with Goldy H...
ListenThe race between hackers and cybersecurity companies trying to stop them (Absolute Software CEO Christy Wyatt) from 2019-10-30T07:00
At this point Canadian businesses know they need to take cybersecurity seriously, but how prepared are they for the inevitable attacks? On this week’s Down to Business, host Emily Jackson speaks wi...
Listen‘Uncertainty’: What Canada’s minority government means for our economy (BMO Chief economist Doug Porter) from 2019-10-23T07:00
The Liberals are back in power with a minority government – and that means uncertainty for Canada’s economy and its businesses. This week on Down to Business, host Emily Jackson speaks with BMO chi...
ListenWhy Canada's stuck in an energy vs environment debate (Questor Technology’s Audrey Mascarenhas) from 2019-10-16T07:00
Canadians, increasingly worried about climate change, are having a bit of an existential crisis over the country’s status as one of the world’s largest energy producers. This week, host Emily Jacks...
ListenWhy ‘cannabis 3.0’ is the real opportunity for Canada: (former Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton) from 2019-10-09T07:00
It’s been one year since Canada legalized the cannabis industry after a century of prohibition. But it’s just the beginning of the journey from the black market to “cannabis 3.0.” Host Emily Jackso...
Listen'An illusion of competition': Wind founder on the state of Canada's wireless market (Anthony Lacavera) from 2019-10-02T07:00
Anthony Lacavera, the founder of Wind Mobile (now called Freedom and owned by Shaw) and private equity firm Globalive Capital, talks to host Emily Jackson about the state of competition in Canada’s...
ListenWhat our politicians really need to do to make housing affordable (Mattamy Homes CEO Peter Gilgan) from 2019-09-25T07:00
Peter Gilgan, founder and CEO of Mattamy Homes, the largest privately held residential construction company in North America, talks to host Emily Jackson about the state of real estate in Canada an...
ListenProtectionism is here to stay: (Rona Ambrose, trade adviser and former interim Tory leader) from 2019-09-18T07:00
Rona Ambrose, former Conservative interim leader and current member of the NAFTA advisory council to Canada’s foreign affairs minister, talks to host Emily Jackson about the cloud of uncertainty ha...
ListenWhat is the Liberals' strategy for the Canadian economy? (with Finance Minister Bill Morneau) from 2019-09-11T07:00
Finance Minister Bill Morneau joins host Emily Jackson on Episode 21 of Down to Business to discuss his party’s economic strategy should they win the October election. The Liberals, he says, would ...
ListenWhat is the true cost of congestion in Canada? (CPCS Transcom’s Peter Harrison) from 2019-09-04T07:00
Congestion is stalling Canada’s biggest cities and costs us between $6 billion to $10 billion a year. On Episode 20 of Down to Business, host Emily Jackson talks to Peter Harrison, vice president, ...
ListenWhat is the Conservatives' strategy for the Canadian economy? (with Pierre Poilievre, Conservative MP and finance critic) from 2019-08-28T07:00
Business issues have a distinctly political flavour, especially in an election year.
With two months to go before Canada’s federal election, we decided to ask the two leading political par...
Why industrial real estate is having a hot moment in Canada’s biggest cities (with Collier International's Craig Hennigar) from 2019-08-21T07:00
Industrial real estate is having a moment. Online shopping means e-commerce vendors need more warehouses for last mile deliveries, jacking up demand for industrial land in urban centres. That means...
ListenWhy Canada can’t escape a recession if the global economy heads south (economist Frances Donald) from 2019-08-14T07:00
Manulife Investment Management’s chief economist Frances Donald talks to host Emily Jackson about how Canada could get dragged into a recession no matter how healthy its economy looks now.
Why electric scooter sharing company Bird is racing to expand in Canada (with Bird Canada CEO Stewart Lyons) from 2019-08-07T07:00
Over the past two years e-scooter sharing systems have launched in more than 100 cities around the world, where people can pay by the minute to scoot to their destinations, leaving scooters parked ...
ListenWhy Canada is backing Telesat in space race for faster, cheaper internet (CEO Dan Goldberg) from 2019-07-31T07:00
On this week’s Down to Business, Telesat chief executive Dan Goldberg speaks to host Emily Jackson about the Ottawa-based company’s ambitious plans to launch a constellation of low-earth orbit sate...
ListenHow carbon capture tech could transform the Canadian economy and the energy industry (with Carbon Engineering Inc. CEO Steve Oldham) from 2019-07-24T07:00
How to tackle climate change can be a tense conversation in Canada given the importance of the oil and gas industry to the economy. But the oilpatch is one of the biggest spenders on clean tech in ...
ListenThe next big thing in cannabis (with Vanmala Subramaniam and Truss Beverages CEO Brett Vye) from 2019-07-17T07:00
Smoking marjiuana is so 2018. This October, new rules from the federal government around the legal production and sale of cannabis edibles, drinkables and other alternative pot products will come i...
ListenHow open banking could change our lives (with Wealthsimple CEO Michael Katchen) from 2019-07-10T07:00
Geoff Zochodne talks with Wealthsimple CEO and co-founder Michael Katchen about what open banking is, what it will do for consumers and how Canada risks falling behind in this global trend
Why Sidewalk Labs' sweeping Toronto smart city proposal faces hurdles (with Financial Post reporter James McLeod) from 2019-07-03T07:00
There are a few hurdles that need to be cleared before a prime piece of real estate on Toronto’s waterfront is turned into what could be the first of many smart city developments. Financial Post re...
ListenWhy Ottawa wants small businesses to export more (with Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng) from 2019-06-26T07:00
Only 12 per cent of small businesses export outside of Canada. Ottawa wants to change that. Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng explains why on Episode 10 of Down to Business.
ListenWhy Huawei thinks Canada should trust its 5G gear (with Huawei Canada chief security officer Olivera Zatezalo) from 2019-06-19T07:00
The Government of Canada is reviewing whether to allow Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. equipment in the country’s wireless networks, and getting pressure from the U.S. to ban it. Huawei Canada chief s...
ListenHow Canadian National Railway is working to keep Canada's economy moving (with CEO JJ Ruest) from 2019-06-12T07:00
Canadian National Railway CEO and President JJ Ruest speaks with host Emily Jackson about CN’s milestone 100th birthday and what it means for the company and what CN is doing to set itself — and th...
ListenWhy A&W made a bet on Beyond Meat (with CEO Susan Senecal) from 2019-06-05T07:00
Our seventh episode covers A&W breaking new ground with Beyond Meat. Susan Senecal, president and CEO of A&W Canada, joins host Emily Jackson to talk about why her chain was the first national fast...
ListenHow Canada's largest sports company is grappling with digital disruption (with MLSE's Humza Teherany) from 2019-05-29T07:00
To celebrate the Toronto Raptors making the NBA finals, our sixth episode covers North America's $70-billion sports market. Humza Teherany, the chief technology and digital officer at Maple Leaf Sp...
ListenThe real culprit behind Vancouver’s runaway real estate (with housing finance expert Andrey Pavlov) from 2019-05-22T09:00
Our fifth episode covers British Columbia’s housing market. Andrey Pavlov, real estate finance professor at Simon Fraser University, joins host Emily Jackson to talk about what’s the main driver of...
ListenThe Canada-China trade relationship (with Naomi Powell) from 2019-05-15T09:00
Reporter Naomi Powell joins host Emily Jackson to discuss one of Canada's most important trade relationships — and why it's making businesses uneasy.
ListenCanadian oil industry (with Peter Tertzakian) from 2019-05-08T09:00
Economist Peter Tertzakian, executive director of the ARC Energy Research Institute, joins host Emily Jackson to discuss Canadian oil, pipelines and Alberta politics.
ListenCanadian airlines (with WestJet CEO Ed Sims) from 2019-05-01T09:00
Ed Sims, CEO of WestJet, joins host Emily Jackson to discuss the challenges of heading a Canadian airline during turbulent times.
ListenInnovation and disruption (with Michele Romanow) from 2019-04-24T13:00
Michele Romanow, tech entrepreneur and Dragons' Den judge, joins host Emily Jackson to discuss innovation and disruption in Canadian business.
ListenIntroducing Down to Business from 2019-04-17T20:17:29
Coming April 24: There hasn’t yet been a podcast dedicated to a wide range of Canadian business stories. We want to change that.
Down to Business is a new podcast devoted to what you need...