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Down to Business episodes

November 03, 2021 Why the post-pandemic economy is humbling forecasters
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.

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25 min
October 27, 2021 Why Calgary's new mayor wants to declare a 'climate emergency'
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.

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17 min
October 20, 2021 This tech company grew fivefold in just over a year — and stayed in Canada
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.

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21 min
October 13, 2021 Addressing single use plastics left behind by takeout food
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

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15 min
October 06, 2021 Canada's unemployment is high but the number of people quitting jobs is also rising. What's going on?
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.

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18 min
September 29, 2021 Canada is addicted to high-rising home prices — and that's the problem
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.

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23 min
September 22, 2021 Uncovering Canada's role in supporting slavery in the Caribbean
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.

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20 min
September 15, 2021 'That world is over:' Airbnb CEO on how the pandemic has disrupted how we live and travel forever
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

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34 min
September 08, 2021 How facial recognition technology impacts our dignity, autonomy and human rights
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 the many ways our data is collected and how it’s used.

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20 min
September 01, 2021 Smaller housing markets set for a shock when life shifts back to the cities
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.

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14 min

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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…