Down to Business

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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Harnessing the sun is closer than ever
Down to Business talks about fusion, the energy of the future that just had a major breakthrough
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Why Canada ran short of Children's Tylenol — an...
Down to Business looks at how the very nature of the opaque drug industry makes it vulnerable to disruption
27 min
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The four-day work week is coming
This week Down to Business looks at the future of the work week — and it's shorter
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Rare-earth magnets are key to our electric futu...
Down to Business talks to Ahmad Ghahreman about his business recycling rare earths, a material of growing importance to our society
17 min
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Why lettuce is suddenly so unbelievably expensive
Down to Business looks at the 'perfect storm' of conditions that are pushing food prices higher
22 min
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How Reddit, the 'old soul of the internet', suc...
This platform not only survives but thrives without tracking users all over the internet
24 min
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Canada's immigration boom will be biggest in 60...
This week Down to Business looks at the effect of Canada's immigration targets — the most ambitious in the world — on the economy
26 min
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Is the Bank of Canada reaching the end of its r...
Kevin Carmichael discusses how far along he thinks the Bank of Canada is in its rate raising cycle
30 min
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Consumers can now get charged for using credit ...
Queens University professor Laurence Ashworth discusses a change in credit card free
21 min
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How Toronto became the biggest housing bubble i...
Down to Business talks to an urban planner about what's wrong with the city's housing system
23 min
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Exposing the dark side of the green transition
This week on Down to Business, we talk about the ‘ecological shadows’ amid the world's move towards greener energy
24 min
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From scrap metal dealer to billionaire: How Ani...
Down to Business interviews Anil Agarwal, founder and chairman of Vedanta Resources Ltd., about his career, and the relationship between Canada and India
20 min
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The risky business of carbon capture in Canada
Down to Business looks at what is thwarting the development of the carbon capture industry
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EV sector could mean a quarter of a million job...
What it would take for Canada to establish an EV supply chain and what it would mean to the economy
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Office buildings are having an existential cris...
Down to Business looks at the decline of office buildings which started before the rise of work from home arrangements amplified the crisis
17 min
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Canada's home sales and prices are falling. Has...
Murtaza Haider explains why he thinks housing prices in Canada will return to their space-ward trajectory
22 min
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'The lines between travelling and living are bl...
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky explains how the pandemic has reshaped the way we travel, work and live
32 min
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Should Canada invest in hydrogen? Here are the ...
Two chemical engineers explain the pros and cons of hydrogen
29 min
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The modern tragedy of Long COVID
Down to Business looks at how Long COVID is affecting lives, our healthcare system and our economy
31 min
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'Soft landing is wishful thinking,' says former...
A former economist at the Bank of Canada on how central banks fell behind the curve and missed crucial signals about the economy
18 min
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Without government aid, Canada's car industry w...
19 min
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The new oil? How demand for copper could reshap...
Down to Business talks to veteran energy analyst Daniel Yergin about how copper, the metal of electrification, will reshape geopolitics
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How high a price will Canadians have to pay to ...
Down to Business looks at what could happen to Canada's economy and housing market as the Bank of Canada hikes rates
20 min
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What the future holds for western Canadian oil ...
What the future holds for western Canadian oil producers if pipelines and other critical infrastructure are no longer on the table
22 min
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How Bill Browder began warning the world about ...
Bill Browder, once Russia’s largest foreign investor, describes how he started his campaign to convince the world that Russian President Vladimir Putin is dangerously corrupt.
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