Tag: Canadian Economy

  • Rate Hold Looms

    Economists are unanimous that the Bank of Canada will leave its policy rate at 2.25 per cent on Wednesday, but the escalating tariff conflict with Washington has reopened a debate the central bank thought it had settled, and the guidance matters more to exporters than the decision itself. OTTAWA, September 1, 2026 – The Bank…

  • A Paperwork Cliff: Why Canadian Truck Dealers Say They Can’t Buy New U.S. Models – and Why a Bureaucratic Mismatch Could Ripple Through the Whole Economy

    A warning from Parliament Hill When the head of the Canadian Truck Dealers Association stepped up to a microphone on Parliament Hill on May 21, 2026, the message was not the kind that usually draws crowds. There was no factory closure to announce, no jobs lost overnight, no dramatic tariff to denounce. Instead, Kevin Disher…