Down to Business

This week on Down to Business, Bill Browder, once Russia’s largest foreign investor, describes how he started more than a decade ago on his campaign to convince the world that Russian President Vladimir Putin is dangerously corrupt.

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This week on Down to Business former Financial Post reporter James McLeod talks about his investigation into Tim Hortons’ data collection practices that sparked a nation-wide probe by privacy commissioners. 

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Last year the Port of Vancouver moved record cargo and still ranked near the bottom in performance among its global peers. Down to Business talks to economists and shipping experts about the port's struggle with pandemic bottlenecks and extreme weather and looks at the challenges to come.

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This week on Down to Business, Stephanie Hughes discusses how taking the penny out of circulation has provided valuable insight into how cash is used and Andreas Park explains what blockchain means for the financial system

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This week’s Down to Business looks at the business of flying and parses what’s happening at airports today amid reports of long lines and extended waits

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This week Down to Business looks at the shift underway in the auto sector to build local, cleaner and more secure supply chains, and what Canada's role in this could be. 

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This week Down to Business podcast considers the possible business cases for billionaire Elon Musk's US$44 billion deal to buy a social media platform that hardly ever makes money.

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This week on Down to Business, economists Derek Holt and Talan Iscan discuss what rising inflation tells us about the global economy and the pace of globalization.

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This week Down to Business looks at blind bidding, who real estate agents really work for and what actually can be done to make housing more affordable for more Canadians

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Canada's federal budget for 2022 devotes billions of dollars to building a new critical minerals and electric vehicle supply chain. This week on Down to Business, Pierre Gratton, Trent Mell, Dave Adams and Josipa Petronic discuss how the budget marks a departure from the past.

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