CHBA urges government to tackle housing crisis amid rate hikes

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian Home Builders’ Association calls for policy adjustments to combat rising housing costs and dwindling supply

What does the latest interest rate hike mean for your wallet?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Spells trouble for housing market and consumer expenditures

Restaurant visits and spending rise in Q1 2023

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Restaurant industry demonstrates robust recovery post-pandemic

Misunderstood StatsCan report leads to labour shortage confusion

Reading Time: 4 minutes StatsCan labour shortage report released May 24 compares the number of unemployed to vacant positions

Proposed measures in federal budget to increase costs for railway shippers

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Extension of regulated “interswitching” distance will increase costs for railways, shippers, and consumers

The rise of the four-day work week

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Reading Time: 4 minutes In trials, cutting working hours by 20 per cent did not reduce overall output

Improved transportation corridors could help boost Canada’s energy exports

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Prairie provinces have agreed to work together to improve Western Canada’s transportation corridors