The Peak Daily

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March 08, 2022 International Women’s Day 👩‍🚀 — Ukrainian women are making an impact. Iceland comes in hot. And Canada’s childcare plan could be a big deal.
As the war in Ukraine escalates, women are playing a growing role in the country’s defence—on the front lines, in parliament, and beyond. The most recent data released in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report shows that it will take the US and Canada 61.5 years to close the gender gap. The federal government pitched its $27 billion childcare plan as a way to save families money and make it easier for parents to stay in the workforce while raising kids, something that would benefit mothers, in particular.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
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March 07, 2022 Keep pumping 🛢 — Canada can’t do much to bring down gas prices. Biden’s pursuing a ‘Buy American’ policy. And will you be WFH (Working From Hotel?).
There’s not much Canada can do to bring down soaring energy prices in the short term because our export capacity is maxed out at least that’s according to Canada’s Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. The Biden administration has finalized a new ‘Buy American’ rule—an initiative aimed at boosting American manufacturing that could hurt Canadian businesses. As remote work shifts to hybrid models, a new commuter has emerged… the type that works from hotels. Which is leaving key players in the travel industry to rethink their business model.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
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March 04, 2022 Salty standoff 🧂 — Canada places additional tariffs on Russia. Flair is under investigation. And the Canadian chip makers are winning big from the salty standoff.
New day, new economic penalties against Russia: Canada is imposing a 35% tariff on goods imported from Russia and its ally Belarus as the feds look for new ways to respond to the invasion of Ukraine. Canada’s transportation regulator has launched an investigation into Edmonton-based Flair Airlines, surrounding potential issues around foreign control. Frito-Lay's standoff with Loblaw has left an (unsuspected) third-party winner standing… Ontario chips and salsa maker Neal Brothers
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March 03, 2022 Rate hike 📈 — The Bank of Canada hikes interest rates. Canadian companies are getting out of Russia. And MLB is going into lockout.
The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 basis points to 0.5% yesterday. And if that sentence isn’t dull enough to put you back to sleep, we want some of whatever coffee you’re brewing. A growing number of Canadian and international companies, including Apple and Canada Goose are suspending operations in Russia over its invasion of Ukraine*.* Major League Baseball (MLB) has cancelled the first games of its season, set to begin on March 31, over a labour dispute. More bad news for the downtown Toronto hospitality scene.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
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March 02, 2022 All in one 🛠 — The IEA is releasing more oil in response to energy market turmoil. Netflix is taking sides. And Uber wants you to book everything in their app.
Member states of the International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves in an attempt to calm energy markets thrown into turmoil by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Netflix is the latest tech company to take a side in the Ukrainian-Russian war, opening up a Pandora’s box of questions around the ethics of censorship during the conflict, as they defy Russian regulators. Uber is introducing a new feature for Canadians that will allow users to make reservations, buy tickets for events and organize your transportation to and from, all in one app.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
10 min
March 01, 2022 Minimum wage 💸 — Ontario announces a minimum wage for gig workers. Tech companies are helping their employees in Ukraine. And Russia’s economy starts to implode under new sanctions.
Ontario will become the first place in North America to set a minimum wage for gig workers, the provincial government announced yesterday. Find out how technology firms with offices and employees in Ukraine are working to help staff leave the country amid the intensifying Russian invasion. With services like Apple Pay going out of service and the Ruble losing value by the minute, Western sanctions designed to cripple the Russian economy are starting to have a real impact on ordinary Russians.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
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February 28, 2022 Ukraine 🇺🇦 — The war is being streamed on TikTok. There’s a big nursing shortage in Canada. And the West imposes new sanctions.
Russian tanks rolling down highways, missiles raining down on cities, and soldiers readying for battle have dominated the “For You” feeds of TikTok users this week, as the war in Ukraine becomes the first major conflict documented on the social media app. A long-predicted nursing shortage has hospitals across the country scrambling to find staff and businesses are stepping up to fill the gap (and pull open some purse strings). The EU, UK, US, and Canada announced a new round of economic sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
11 min
February 25, 2022 Sanctions 💸 — Russia invades Ukraine. Canadians are starting to spend again (cautiously). And a big new Reddit update.
President Biden announces sanctions against Russia as Russian forces invade Ukraine. Biden also warned that these sanctions may hike prices at the pump. After two years of uncertainty (which in light of recent events, might last some time longer) and periods of isolation, Canadians are cautiously beginning to dust off their wallets and spend again, according to a study by Paybright. If you already spend hours doomscrolling on Reddit, you might want to skip this. Reddit made the first update to its mobile app in over two years yesterday with a new ‘Discover’ tab to help users find new communities (and spend more time on Reddit...)
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
11 min
February 24, 2022 The whole truth — Trump launches Truth Social. Starbucks is facing a unionization push in the US. And Quibi-style content is coming to Netflix.
Trump Media & Technology Group, a private media company founded by Donald Trump, launched Twitter lookalike Truth Social this week to users in the US and Canada as political users consider alternative platforms to big tech. Starbucks is known for its formulaic drinks, chill ambiance, and friendly baristas who know your name (even if they misspell it) but behind the counter, unrest is brewing with a large scale unionization underway across the US. Netflix is launching a product that looks a lot like the failed Quibi.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
12 min
February 23, 2022 Chips ahoy 🥨 — Canada’s facing a chip shortage. The US Women’s National Team celebrates a huge W. And Klarna is betting on Canada.
We don’t want to alarm you, but you may not be able to find Doritos at your local super-market for a while: snack giant Frito-Lay is cutting Loblaw off from its products amid a dispute over price hikes. A $30 million settlement between US Soccer and female players over equal pay with men has ended a six-year fight that pitted the World Cup-winning team against their sport’s governing body. Swedish buy-now-pay-later service Klarna announced yesterday that they’re opening a tech hub in Toronto with plans to hire over 500 engineers.
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The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.
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