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Down to Business episodes

August 25, 2021 'The pandemic is going to be a catalyst to change how we do income support:' Craig Alexander
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.

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19 min
August 18, 2021 The jobs most at risk of being transformed by automation
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.

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17 min
August 11, 2021 Pave paradise … how parking lots are choking our cities and economy
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.

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20 min
August 04, 2021 People need to accept that Canada is the fourth biggest producer of oil in the world: Seamus O’Regan
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.

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22 min
July 28, 2021 'We're in trouble:' Ag expert warns there's no adapting if this summer's 'heat dome' becomes the norm
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.

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22 min
July 21, 2021 The huge human, social and economic costs of governments’ failure to prepare for the pandemic
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.

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21 min
July 14, 2021 Deciphering the mysteries of the pandemic job crisis
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.

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15 min
July 07, 2021 Canada can't escape China, so here's how it can build a bridge to ease trade tensions
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.

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19 min
June 30, 2021 Not since Expo '67: pandemic leads to first travel surplus in Canada in decades
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.

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18 min
June 23, 2021 'Stark, unmistakeable and tragic': The failure of long-term care during COVID
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.

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15 min

About 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…