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Down to Business episodes

June 14, 2023 How the devastation of wildfires ripples through the whole economy
Down to Business examines the economic impacts of wildfires, with an eye towards the less-obvious ripple effects

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23 min
June 07, 2023 'A ticking time-bomb': The rise of the variable-rate, fixed-payment mortgage
Jimmy Jean of Desjardins Group talks to Down to Business about the risks of variable-rate, fixed-payment mortgages.

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21 min
May 31, 2023 Canada's oilsands poised for age of optimization
Analyst Kevin Birn explains why S&P Global Commodity Insights raised its oilsands production outlook for the first time in over half a decade

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27 min
May 24, 2023 The hidden beliefs about money that sabotage us all
This week on Down to Business financial therapist Aseel El-Baba explains where money troubles come from

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17 min
May 17, 2023 This economist thinks interest rate hikes are doing more harm than good
Down to Business talks to Laurentian economics professor Louis-Philippe Rochon who argues that Bank of Canada interest rate hikes are not only failing to ease inflation, they are also damaging the economy

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24 min
May 10, 2023 Why are cars so expensive in Canada today?
This week on Down to Business podcast, Charles Bernard, lead economist for the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association in Ottawa, talks about the forces causing vehicle prices to rise.

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33 min
May 03, 2023 What Canada gets for its $13-billion investment in VW's battery plant
Down to Business talks to a policy expert who argues that Canadian subsidies won't reap the benefits American handouts will

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22 min
April 26, 2023 Is the world running out of copper just when we need it the most?

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24 min
April 20, 2023 How the small movie theatre came back from the dead
This week on Down to Business, Andy Willick, chair of the Network of Independent Canadian Exhibitors, talks about how small theatres have survived and changed, and what the future holds

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25 min
April 13, 2023 Canada on the road to first net-zero cement in the world
Down to Business talks to Heidelberg Materials' David Perkins about the ground-breaking zero emissions cement plant planned for Edmonton, Alberta

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29 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…