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Jun 20, 2024 • 7min

Temporary residents 🇨🇦 — Has Canada reached peak immigration?

Canadian employers are planning to hand out fewer promotions this year than in 2023, leaving less opportunity for a new crop of entry-level employees to get their foot in the door.Canada’s surge in temporary residents might be, well, temporary.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Jun 18, 2024 • 7min

Bus business 🚌 — Risky bus-iness. Canada must step up to realize its green hydrogen dreams.

The wheels on the bus go round and round… as long as the bus operator can stay in business.Canada wants to be a top-three global green hydrogen producer by mid-century, but like your buddy training to run a marathon this year, a lot of work still needs to be done.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Jun 14, 2024 • 5min

Money bags 💰 — Canadian households got richer last quarter.

With foreign fast food brands like Shake Shack, Pret A Manger, and Jersey Mike’s entering the Canadian market in recent months, the battle for your lunch money is getting heated.Western countries are taking the ‘if you can’t beat ’em, tax ’em’ approach to Chinese electric vehicle competition.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Jun 13, 2024 • 8min

Peak oil 🛢️ — How to stop Chinese EVs. Stopping the Chinese EV takeover.

A new report paints a future where oil will be less like ‘black gold’ and more like ‘black tin’ — still valuable, but not that valuable.Western countries are taking the ‘if you can’t beat ’em, tax ’em’ approach to Chinese electric vehicle competition.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Jun 12, 2024 • 7min

Banana energy 🍌 — Canada Growth Fund makes its next pick. IPO now stands for ‘I’d-rather-go Private, Okay’.

A Calgary-based company that promises to turn banana peels into electricity, is the latest name to sign a deal with Ottawa’s clean energy investment arm.Newcomers to the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) are filing out like bar patrons after last call.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Jun 7, 2024 • 8min

Hollywood treatment 🎥 — Amazon launches an NHL show. Regulators planning AI crackdown.

In the days leading up to the Stanley Cup Final, ****Prime Video has announced it’s launching a new NHL docuseries.With company values skyrocketing and their CEOs acting like rock stars, U.S. regulators are ready to rein in the AI giants.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Jun 6, 2024 • 7min

Taking off 🚀– Boeing sends a capsule to space, Gordie Howe Bridge nears completion.

After years of hard work and numerous setbacks, Boeing has sent astronauts into space — and without any windshield cracks or doors blowing off.After nearly six years of construction, the biggest bridge to ever connect Canada and the U.S. is now just 11 metres away from completion.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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Jun 5, 2024 • 8min

Streamer tax 💵 – Interest rate decision day is here, Streamers ordered to fund Canadian content

Bank of Canada expected to cut policy rate, streamers ordered to fund Canadian content. Discussion on economic policy differences, Modi's election win, and tech funding news
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Jun 4, 2024 • 7min

Second wind 💨– An Olympics competitor sprints to the front. A second wind for Canadian power.

In track and field, nothing inspires elite athletes more than the chance at eternal glory… though $150,000 could prove even more inspiring.Hydro-Québec should start calling itself Hydro-and-Wind-Québec — on account of all the dang windmills it’s planning to build.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
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May 31, 2024 • 8min

Hanging up 📞 – **“Alberta is calling” may have backfired. Banks earnings season comes to a close.**

With the promise of cheap housing and good jobs filling subway and billboard ads across the country, herds of young people have moved to Alberta’s comparatively cheaper pastures.Canadian lenders are still feeling the effects of high interest rates on earnings, but more deal-making helped offset losses — even as the mean ol’ Bank of Canada waits to cut rates.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

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