Illustrative image: apartment building. Photo by Luke van Zyl via Unsplash; resized.
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Statistics Canada says 23.2% of households spent at least 30% of before-tax income on shelter in 2024, up from 22.0% in 2022.
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Canada’s trade tribunal will examine whether dumped wheat gluten from Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom has harmed or threatens domestic producers.
Illustrative commercial solar-rooftop photo by Bernd Dittrich via Unsplash; cropped/resized.
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has ended an expiry review, so anti-dumping and countervailing duties on certain Chinese photovoltaic modules will no longer continue.
Illustrative laboratory photo by Julia Koblitz via Unsplash; cropped/resized.
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The federal Life Sciences Fund will direct $67 million to manufacturing, research and health-security projects across Canada.
Illustrative shipping view near Singapore by Shawn via Unsplash; cropped/resized.
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Canada and Singapore say they will negotiate a non-binding economic cooperation framework covering technology, energy, food security, investment and supply chains.
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The federal government has announced a $30-million tariff-response loan for Conifex Timber, which operates a sawmill and bioenergy plant in Mackenzie, B.C.
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Canada is pressing ahead with separate trade negotiations involving India, ASEAN and the Philippines during ministerial meetings in Mumbai and Manila.
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Selling prices for new houses across Canada edged down 0.1% in August, while Québec’s provincial index was unchanged.
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The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in Québec rose 1.6% in July to 125,200, Statistics Canada reported.
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Prices for Canadian manufactured products rose 1.3% in August, while raw-material prices increased 3.1%, Statistics Canada reported.
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Canadian investors sold an unprecedented $31.0 billion in U.S. shares in July, while foreign investors added $20.7 billion in Canadian securities.
An automated appliance-production line. Illustrative stock photo; not a Canadian business claiming the proposed deduction. Photo: Homa Appliances / Unsplash.
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The federal government has proposed permanent immediate expensing for roughly two-thirds of business capital investment.
