Just keep swimming When things don’t go our way: business ideas fail, meetings go awry, sales numbers plummet etc., the easiest, and most common resolution is to give-up and invest our energy and attention elsewhere. But do you know it took Thomas Edison 1,000 unsuccessful attempts, before creating his one monumental success: the light […]
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More Questions As New Trans-Pacific Partnership Details Emerge
Experts and newly seated government officials are combing through the fine print of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement — the full text of which was finally released Thursday, revealing almost two dozen side deals with other countries and provisions that have alarmed some privacy and trade advocates. Read the full text of the TPP agreement […]
Canada No Longer America’s Biggest Trading Partner
According to the latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, in the first nine months of this year, the value of imports and exports between the U.S. and China was US$441.6 billion. The U.S.- Canada trade relationship, meanwhile, was worth slightly less, at $438.1 billion. But the reason behind the shift in numbers has […]
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Divides Auto Parts Industry
As the auto parts sector awaits the appointment of a new trade minister, the industry is split over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal that Canada signed and will soon have to ratify. Although the TPP, agreed to in principle on Oct. 5, mandates that tariffs on autos and auto parts be reduced to […]
House prices overvalued in 11 of Canada’s 15 biggest cities, CMHC says
Canada’s national housing agency is warning of “problematic housing market conditions” in most of the country’s major housing markets. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said in its Housing Market Assessment report on Thursday that many housing markets are showing troubling signs in four criteria: Overheated home sales. Too many homes being built. Prices increasing too quickly. High prices. […]
