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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Pulling back the curtain on Tim Hortons' nation...
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 privacy probe
26 min
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Lessons from the Port of Vancouver's annus horr...
Down to Business looks at the challenges facing ports in the pandemic and extreme weather
20 min
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What the death of the penny taught us about our...
Not too long ago, there were billions of pennies floating around in people’s wallets
34 min
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Long waits in the airplane await travellers as ...
Down to Business looks at the business of flying after the pandemic
14 min
55
Canada in unique position to be world's 'EV sup...
This week Down to Business looks at the shift underway in the auto sector
21 min
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Trying to make sense of why Elon Musk is offeri...
This week Down to Business podcast considers the possible business cases
16 min
57
What rapidly rising inflation tells us about th...
How rising inflation impacts the global economy and the pace of globalization
18 min
58
Why Canadians are losing faith in the housing m...
Housing price expert Tsur Somerville on blind bidding, real estate agents and so-called affordable housing
22 min
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What challenges lie ahead in trying to build Ca...
Guests discuss Canada's new critical minerals and electric vehicle supply chain
25 min
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The real problem behind Canada's out-of-control...
Down to Business explores the many theories about why prices have been rising for as long as they have
21 min
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What the new emissions reduction plan means to ...
In this special bonus episode of Down to Business, Gabriel Friedman looks at Ottawa's plan to cut 2005 level-emissions by 40 per cent by the end of the decade
15 min
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The deal that could launch Canada into the auto...
This week, Down to Business delves into the auto sector’s pivot to electric vehicles, one of the largest industrial transformations in history.
18 min
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Three first-time homebuyers tell their stories ...
The trials and tribulations of buying a home in Canada
42 min
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How gold prices connect to inflation, interest ...
Even as it nears an all-time high, gold had been trending down for much of the past year
20 min
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What rising interest rates mean for housing and...
Tu Nyugen and Jason Del Vicario talk about how rising interest rates will affect the housing market and the economy
17 min
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What the Ukraine-Russia conflict means for geop...
Mark Manger, Alex Tuckett and Robert Huebert talk about the economic consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
25 min
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Stephen Poloz explains why volatility is trendi...
Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz identifies five "tectonic" forces that are going to create new crises for at least a decade
33 min
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What it will take to get Canada to net zero
This week on Down to Business two electricity experts Bruce Lourie and Gretchen Bakke talk about the many hurdles Canada will have to clear to get to net zero
31 min
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Tougher Fed is not good news for big tech
BMO chief economist Douglas Porter talks about why tech stocks are taking a beating
22 min
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How Uber's deal with a union could change the g...
Veena Dubal on what Uber's deal with UFCW means for the company, its workers and other similar businesses
26 min
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Air taxis will need 60,000 new pilots this deca...
21 min
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How the COVID-19 pandemic is changing commercia...
Cushman & Wakefield's Samantha Sannella talks about how our office may look different once we return
19 min
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Web 3.0 — A decentralized internet that could b...
Lex Sokolin and Victoria Lemieux on how blockchain could have profound implications on the way the internet works
43 min
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Labour shortage threatens to become economy's b...
This week on Down to Business, Scotiabank chief economist Jean-Francois Perrault talks about lessons from a shock that had no playbook
20 min
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Canadians will feel the bite of rising prices e...
20 min