Down to Business

This week on Down to Business, Tu Nyugen and Jason Del Vicario talk about how rising interest rates will affect the housing market and the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Down to Business, Mark Manger, Alex Tuckett and Robert Huebert talk about the economic consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They point out that Russia is a critical supplier of oil and gas for much of Europe and also a huge producer of metals that will be needed for the energy transition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 is trending up and why politicians may be ill-equipped to handle the challenges that lie ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Down to Business talks to a living legend of the aviation industry: Marc Parent, chief executive of CAE. During the pandemic, this flight simulator company that derives much of its revenue from a grounded aviation sector, managed to complete nine acquisitions. Parent talks about the future of air taxis and delivery services, which is coming sooner than we think. Learn more about your ad...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, especially lower income earners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of Toronto, who co-authored a design proposal for a digital currency for the Bank of Canada, breaks down what blockchain means for the financial system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

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 why he predicts the EV tax credit will ultimately be dropped. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 attitudes about climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 investors to the city’s burgeoning cleantech economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 headquarter your tech company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Society and Canada Research Chair in Global Governance and Civil Society, discusses the ways that facial recognition technology has changed the world. Wong is an advocate for data literacy — being aware of th...

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 Pasalis, president of Realosophy, about whether government can do anything about this persisting problem and what's ahead for Canada's housing market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...