Canada economy

Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 5.8 percent in February, despite an additional 40,700 jobs being added to the labour market, Statistics Canada data show. February's increase in jobs was attributed ...

The Canadian economy expanded at an annualized rate of one percent in the fourth quarter as high interest ...

Commentary When I read that “Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says pharmacare will not jeopardize Canada’s fiscal standing as ...

Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade deficit of $312 million in December, the first monthly ...

Uber Canada is making some changes to its app to allow drivers to see pick-up and drop-off locations ...

Commentary Many people are deeply worried about Canada’s weak economic performance. But in Davos for the World Economic ...

Commentary Most knowledgeable commentators on the Canadian economy as we enter a new year seem to think we ...

Commentary In my last column of the year, I consigned 2023 to the trash can of history with ...

Commentary So 2023 is about to enter the pages of history, or its dustbin. And what can one ...

Commentary A technical recession has traditionally been defined as two consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth. This ...

Commentary  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released the fall economic update on Nov. 21. In normal times, this would ...

Commentary Few things could be more troubling, fiscally at least, than to hear Justin Trudeau promise to continue ...

Foreign control in Canada’s economy has been steadily declining over the last 10 years, according to numbers released ...

Commentary In the 1980s, the world was infatuated with Japan. Its economy was on fire and was projected ...

Commentary The unemployment rate in Canada rose to 5.5 percent in July, up from 5.4 percent in June. ...

Commentary A current topic that seems to have come to the forefront of late is the fact that ...

A majority of Canadians say they will be financially hurting due to the latest Bank of Canada (BoC) ...

Commentary Canada’s economy may manage to escape going into a recession despite economists predicting it would over the ...

The government's gross debt has increased by 50 percent while the federal Liberal Party has been in power, ...

As Canadians deal with rising inflation and higher prices for food, fuel, and home heating costs, discount chain ...

Commentary Once upon a time Ontario, Canada’s largest province economically and demographically, was governed by spendthrift Liberals with ...

Commentary For economic prognosticators, the year that just ended threw up some big surprises, including the first land ...

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says that Canadians will face more economic challenges "around the corner" as a result ...

Commentary Whatever is to be done about Canada’s economic problems? Actually, you don’t need to worry because (a) ...

OTTAWA—Statistics Canada said Tuesday the economy grew 4.6 percent last year, compared with a decline of 5.2 percent ...

The federal government is continuing its high-spending ways despite the end of its rationale for doing so, say ...

TORONTO—To be an autoworker in Canada this year has meant living with a fair bit of uncertainty. "There's ...