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Down to Business

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Welcome to Down to Business, the Financial Post podcast that brings you deep-dives on Canada's economy, and explains the biggest business stories of the day through interviews with newsmakers. Hosted by Gabe Friedman.

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'The pandemic is going to be a catalyst to change how we do income support:' Craig Alexander 25.08.2021 18:52

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, underinvestment in business and infrastructure, and where post-pandemic prosperity is going to come from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The jobs most at risk of being transformed by automation 18.08.2021 16:27

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 with host Gabriel Friedman to discuss technology's impact on jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pave paradise … how parking lots are choking our cities and economy 11.08.2021 19:33

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. Most cities have way more mandated parking than necessary and it adds up to a huge impact on our economy, even affecting housing prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People need to accept that Canada is the fourth biggest producer of oil in the world: Seamus O’Regan 04.08.2021 21:40

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 the “most elegant solution” to emissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'We're in trouble:' Ag expert warns there's no adapting if this summer's 'heat dome' becomes the norm 28.07.2021 21:42

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

The huge human, social and economic costs of governments’ failure to prepare for the pandemic 21.07.2021 20:21

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, when customer browsing abruptly came to a halt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deciphering the mysteries of the pandemic job crisis 14.07.2021 14:34

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

Canada can't escape China, so here's how it can build a bridge to ease trade tensions 07.07.2021 19:00

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 Gabriel Friedman about the implications of Canada’s trade tensions with China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not since Expo '67: pandemic leads to first travel surplus in Canada in decades 30.06.2021 17:26

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

'Stark, unmistakeable and tragic': The failure of long-term care during COVID 23.06.2021 14:48

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 homes, 50 per cent more than in other OECD countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada is showing the world how carbon pricing should be done: Nobel-prize winning economist William Nordhaus 16.06.2021 20:08

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

Death of the office, no. But there will be an evolution: RioCan CEO 09.06.2021 16:37

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian restaurants closed for more than 365 days suffer in 'lost year of business' 02.06.2021 17:35

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 to Business talks to Todd Barclay, CEO of Restaurant Brands Canada, about the impact and outlook for one of the economy's hardest hit sectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

Working from home and the office not as easy as you might think 26.05.2021 14:41

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 need to address the challenges of integrating a workforce that's partially onsite and at home, including the biases that can bring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Myths about Canada's pandemic 'recession': Sprott School of Business' Ian Lee 19.05.2021 17:35

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 resources on a recession that wasn't a recession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why everybody is stressing out about rare earth metals 12.05.2021 21:08

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ESG 'fantasy' distracts from real climate change fight, says former Blackrock insider 05.05.2021 21:59

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 ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How 'urban mining' could someday replace pulling minerals from the ground 28.04.2021 16:01

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

Forget bubbles, Canada has a housing affordability crisis: Frances Donald 21.04.2021 29:01

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Days are numbered for fossil-fuel cars. Is Canada ready? 14.04.2021 19:28

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 the International Council on Clean Transportation, based in California, talk about what lies ahead for the auto industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Amazing economic opportunity for Canada' in Biden's green plan 07.04.2021 19:23

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. President Joe Biden's plan to transition to a low-carbon economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Watch for more fallout as tensions between China and the West mount 31.03.2021 14:04

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.fm/adchoices

CP's 'historic and transformational' merger could be the last of the big rail deals 24.03.2021 22:54

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 about Hunter Harrison, who transformed the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Big, big changes' in the pipeline as COVID accelerates green shift 17.03.2021 16:09

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

Pandemic showed the inability of the world to act globally: Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow 10.03.2021 25:10

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