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What you need to know about Canadian business this week in under 30 minutes. Hosted by the Financial Post's Gabe Friedman.

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    • 4.4 • 164 Ratings

What you need to know about Canadian business this week in under 30 minutes. Hosted by the Financial Post's Gabe Friedman.

    Why it might be hard for Canada to capture economic opportunities from the energy transition

    Why it might be hard for Canada to capture economic opportunities from the energy transition

    This week on Down to Business, John McNally, program director for clean growth at PLACE Centre, discusses some of the surprising challenges that could make it harder for Canada to capture economic opportunities from the energy transition — such as high housing prices.
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    • 21 min
    What happens to Canada after oil demand peaks?

    What happens to Canada after oil demand peaks?

    This week on Down to Business, economist Aaron Cosbey lays out what he sees happening when demand for fossil fuels peaks in the next decade
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    • 22 min
    Why Canada must build faster to reach climate goals

    Why Canada must build faster to reach climate goals

    Business Council of Alberta has a plan to speed up the construction of infrastructure Canada needs to meet climate goals
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    • 19 min
    The battery eureka moment found in a bag of potato chips

    The battery eureka moment found in a bag of potato chips

    This week in Dispatches from the battery economy, Down to Business talks to Maciej Jastrzebski of Li-Metal about technological breakthroughs in producing lithium for next-generation batteries
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    • 21 min
    What Canada is doing wrong in its world-leading immigration push

    What Canada is doing wrong in its world-leading immigration push

    Down to Business talks to Prof. Rupa Banerjee about what works and what doesn't in Canada's immigration policy
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    • 41 min
    Why more Canadian workers are at risk of mental health incidents

    Why more Canadian workers are at risk of mental health incidents

    This week on Down to Business, Paula Allen, senior vice-president of research and client insights at Telus Health, discusses what’s happening to workers across Canada from a mental health standpoint.
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    • 25 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
164 Ratings

164 Ratings

skwaz ,

Great podcast, need audio upgrade

Love this podcast, extremely valuable info. Problem is Gabe sounds like he’s talking into a solo red cup. Hoping they rectify this soon.

Person 14p03 ,

Today’s post

Where did you find this left wing nutter

Rubenvdzon ,

Audio is poor

The audio is very poor when the guests speak. I have turned off the last two episodes as I can barely understand that guests speaking something needs to be done about this, as this is a very good podcast if you can actually understand the guests

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