Podcast Episodes

Back to work 👩‍⚖️ — A new EV alliance. Parliament is back. And there’s a surge in AI investment. The corporate world of legacy carmakers is embracing the future of electric vehicles (EV).

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Think your Sunday Scaries are bad? Members of Parliament returned to Ottawa after a six-week winter break with enough on their plates to keep yours t…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Flight tracking 🛩️ — Buzzfeed is turning to AI. Flight tracking could be coming to an end. And your employee health insurance may change.

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It feels like we’ve suddenly been transported back to 2013, because everyone is talking about BuzzFeed. But the reason they’re talking about it is ve…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Dealmaking down 📉 — Big Supreme Court Ruling. Canadian deal making is down this year. And climartarians are surging.

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The country’s top court is deciding whether pretend people can help defend real crimes.

Canadian dealmaking fell ~40% in 2022 and is currently down ~5…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Expensive food 🥓 — Food prices are set to rise. Layoffs in Canadian media. And employers are calling workers back to work.

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$37 chicken, $14 yogurts, and $8 cabbage? Apparently, we haven’t seen the worst of it, as groceries are set to become even more expensive in the comi…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Employee owned 👩‍🔧 — A new group is pushing employee ownership. Facial recognition is blowing up in China. And Ukraine is reorienting.

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A new lobby group wants Canada to embrace the idea of employee-owned businesses.

China’s manufacturing sector may be slowing, but its facial recogniti…

3 years, 3 months ago

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India bound 🇮🇳 — Manufacturers are moving production to India. Citadel is the best performing hedge fund ever. And laptop companies are trying something new.

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Offshoring your manufacturing to China is so yesterday. Right now, it’s all about India.

Ken griffin’s Citadel has replaced Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater as…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Google layoffs 👩‍💻 — Google lays-off 12,000. Canadian healthcare is being reformed. And we need more pilots.

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When it rains, it pours. At least when it comes to tech layoffs, with Google-parent Alphabet becoming the most recent name to announce a headcount re…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Polite hackers 💻 — The US debt ceiling is approaching. Hackers are getting more professional. And TikTok is opening up to the gov.

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The US reached the max amount of debt that it’s allowed to take on (aka the debt ceiling) yesterday, causing the US Treasury to begin taking special …

3 years, 3 months ago

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Turbulent takeoff 🛫 — Air Canada and WestJet are in hot water. Premium dating apps are getting expensive. And Canada is caught in the crossfire on tanks.

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Air Canada and WestJet have been cutting domestic flight routes in recent months, a move that one business group thinks is fishier than an in-flight …

3 years, 3 months ago

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Alcohol labels 🍷 — Should Canada apply warning labels to alcohol? China’s growth is slowing. And Elon Musk is heading to court (again)

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If you’re doing dry January, maybe just keep at it for a while—at least that’s what new national guidelines on alcohol intake would recommend.

China’s…

3 years, 3 months ago

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