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Canada"s Economy, Explained

Canadian Chamber of Commerce | Business Data Lab

Canada’s Economy, Explained is the official podcast of the Business Data Lab at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, hosted by Senior Research Director Marwa Abdou. Whether you’re a business leader, policymaker, or simply curious about the forces shaping our economy, this podcast brings you real-time data, sharp analysis, and conversations that matter. From workforce trends and inflation to trade, innovation, and inclusion, we unpack the stories behind the stats — with leading economists, industry

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49:51

The Labour Market Reckoning: Innovation and the...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/12/09

In this special episode, recorded live at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s AGM and Convention, host Marwa Abdou speaks with Minh Tri Dang, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Finance at Wilson, and Karla Congson, CEO and Founder of Agentiiv, about the intersection of work, leadership, and innovation at a critical moment for Canada’s economy. Technology is advancing faster than our ability to build the skills and leadership models needed to use it well. Nowhere is this more evident than

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71:11

Show Me the Money: Tax, Infrastructure and Who Pays?...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/11/25

Taxes shape more than government revenue. They shape trust. In this episode, host Marwa Abdou sits down with Heather Scoffield, founding CEO of the Canadian Tax Observatory, to explore how Canada’s tax and fiscal systems influence the country’s ability to build, grow and compete. Together, they unpack the tensions inside the 2025 Federal Budget, from the renewed focus on large-scale capital projects to the difficult choices around fiscal discipline, human capital, and long-term

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86:19

Who Gets to Work? Immigration and Labour Policy in...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/11/18

Canada’s immigration system isn’t one program; it’s an entire architecture. A maze of pathways, permits, and policies that shape who gets in, who gets to work, and who gets to stay. In this episode, host Marwa Abdou sits down with Dr. Mikal Skuterud, Professor of Economics at the University of Waterloo, and one of Canada’s leading labour economists, to unpack what he calls the country’s two-step system, where people arrive on temporary status before transitioning, often uncertainly, to

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67:25

Blueprints for a Rooted Economy: Indigenomics with...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/10/28

What’s the greatest comeback Canada has never seen? According to special guest Carol Ann Hilton, Founder and CEO of the Indigenomics Institute, it’s re-centering Indigenous economic power and Indigenous participation. But part of that re-centering requires acknowledging that Canada was formed through Indigenous economic and cultural exclusion and that this exclusion has an impacted all Canadians, even generations far removed from the Indian Act. In this episode, host Marwa Abdou and Carol

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92:22

The Algorithm Rules: Who Governs the New Economy?...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/10/14

Does your favourite social media app or e-commerce site’s algorithm hold more power than your country’s elected government? Do regulators really have to choose between innovation and security? Can algorithms be neutral? Listen as host Marwa Abdou and guests Vass Bednar (Executive Director, Canadian Shield Institute) and Kaylie Tiessen (Chief Economist, Canadian Shield Institute) discuss the profound and often invisible influence digital platforms and algorithms have on our society and

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81:30

Ties That Bind: Canada, APEC, and the Future of...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/09/30

Did you know that nearly half of the world’s trade moves through the Asia-Pacific? That your blueberries in January, the anime you stream, and your kid’s hockey gear are all part of a system quietly shaped by economies as varied as Chile, Japan, Mexico, Korea and Vietnam? Listen as host Marwa Abdou peels back the layers on the forum that keeps much of that world running smoothly: APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation). It isn’t a trade deal or a bloc — it’s a voluntary sandbox where 21

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24:34

“It’s (Still) the Economy, Stupid.” – Canadian Edition

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/09/16

In this special back-to-basics episode of Canada’s Economy, Explained, host Marwa Abdou cuts through the alphabet soup of GDPs, CPIs, and BoC rate cuts to tackle the real questions Canadians keep asking.Why is it easier to trade with the U.S. than across provinces?Why is climate policy so expensive?Why are interest rates cooling inflation but putting the freeze on housing?Why is youth unemployment so high?And what’s really at stake in Mark Carney’s first federal budget?As James Carville

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47:05

Zoned Out: How We Underbuilt an Entire Generation...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/09/02

Once a pillar of middle-class security, affordable homeownership has slipped out of reach for millions of Canadians. But economist Mike Moffatt (Missing Middle Initiative, Smart Prosperity Institute, Ivey Business School at Western University) argues the housing crisis isn’t just about sky-high prices; it’s the result of a system-wide failure.In this episode, Moffatt joins host Marwa Abdou to trace how that failure emerged from the collision of well-meaning but clashing policies: greenbelts

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56:25

The Time of Your Life: On the Economics of Longevity...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/08/19

Canada’s population is retiring earlier and living longer. Even so, the age 65 retirement threshold, inherited from 19th-century Prussia, continues to anchor public policy and social expectations. In this episode, Professor Kevin Milligan (Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia) joins host Marwa Abdou to breakdown how this outdated convention often fails to account for disparities in health and life expectancy across income levels and regions, and how it can unintentionally

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78:11

Beyond the Paycheque: Rethinking Economic Security in...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/08/05

Do Canada’s public policies reflect the reality of today’s workers?Many of the social programs Canadians rely on for economic security were designed in and for a very different era. Built around a mid-20th-century vision of work and family life, programs like Employment Insurance, the Canada Pension Plan, and key parts of our tax system still assume a post-war era worker that is full-time, uninterrupted and unburdened by caregiving.In this extended episode, Professors Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid

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37:14

AI at the Margins: Power, Prediction, and Who Gets to...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/06/24

In this episode of Canada’s Economy, Explained, host Marwa Abdou sits down with Avi Goldfarb—Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare at the University of Toronto, and co-author of Prediction Machines and Power and Prediction. Goldfarb is one of the world’s leading economists on the business implications of AI. Together, they examine why Canada, despite its early leadership in AI research, is lagging in adoption. Goldfarb explains that AI’s real power isn’t automation—it’s

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28:47

The Digital Balance: How Canada Can Develop a...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/06/10

In this episode of Canada’s Economy, Explained, host Marwa Abdou explores Canada’s pivotal role as G7 and B7 president in 2025 and the country’s opportunity to lead on AI adoption and sustainability. Joining her are Tom Mosseau and Franco Amalfi from Capgemini Canada—a global consulting and technology firm—who break down the challenges and possibilities facing Canadian businesses.Tom Mosseau points out that “legacy infrastructure, skills shortages, and investment hesitancy” continue to slow

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35:38

The Case for Canada: A Matter of Trust?

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/06/03

In this episode of Canada’s Economy, Explained, host Marwa Abdou brings us insights from the inaugural Business Data Lab conference, The Case for Canada. Trust—once the invisible foundation of commerce and governance—is now fractured, with only 62% of Canadians expressing moderate or high trust in institutions, according to Edelman’s Trust Barometer. Former Statistics Canada Chief Anil Arora opened with a strong statement: “Good data...is an investment in building trust.”The episode

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39:13

The Scale of Canada's Deficit and What it Means:...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/05/13

In this episode of Canada’s Economy, Explained, host Marwa Abdou sits down with Dr. Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and Director at the School of Public Policy. Tombe discusses the widening fiscal divide between Canada and the United States and what it means for Canada's economy, trade, and future stability. While Canada’s federal deficit stands at 1.6% of GDP, the U.S. deficit has ballooned to 6.2%, creating real risks for global markets. Tombe explains

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26:05

Calm Before the Storm: Canada’s Economic Outlook &...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/04/22

In this episode, host Marwa Abdou speaks with Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist at Deloitte Canada, about the country's fragile economic outlook for 2025. Desjardins shares insights from Deloitte’s Calm Before the Storm report, which highlights falling interest rates, stable inflation, and household savings as economic supports — while new U.S. tariffs and slowing immigration policies introduce serious risks.Desjardins warns that a potential 25% U.S. tariff on Canadian exports could cost the

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29:05

The Incoherent Case of Tariffs: Trade Talk with Chad...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/04/14

In this episode of Canada’s Economy, Explained, host Marwa Abdou sits down with Dr. Chad P. Bown, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of State, to examine how new U.S. tariffs could impact Canada’s economy.Bown explains how Canada’s deep ties to U.S. supply chains leave it exposed to major cost increases, warning that tariffs could “double or triple” production expenses and hit smaller suppliers

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29:11

Canada’s Biggest Missed Opportunity: Women Entrepreneurs

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/03/25

This episode explores Canada’s gender gap in entrepreneurship with Isabelle Hudon, President and CEO of the Business Development Bank of Canada, and tackles the systemic barriers women face—especially in accessing capital. Drawing from BDL’s new report, Women Entrepreneurs: Canada’s Biggest Missed Business Opportunity, the discussion reveals why women still own just 18% of Canadian businesses despite a $2 billion government push to double that by 2025. “Access to capital is probably one

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26:18

How Can Canada Navigate a World of Trump-ed Trade?

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/03/05

U.S. tariffs threaten Canada’s economy and will put industries, jobs, and supply chains at risk. According to the Business Data Lab, $3.6 billion in goods and services cross the border daily as part of our $1.3 trillion trade relationship. Trump's 25% tariff on goods could shrink Canada’s GDP by a whopping 2.6%. Mairead Lavery, former President and CEO of Export Development Canada (EDC), talks with host Marwa Abdou about the fallout and what businesses must do next. The first woman to lead

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23:05

Canada’s Productivity — An Emergency 40 Years in the...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/02/05

This episode of The Business Data Lab Podcast explores Canada’s “productivity emergency” and why the country ranks second-lowest in the G7 for labour productivity. Host Marwa Abdou, Senior Research Director, and Andrew DiCapua, Economist at the BDL, break down the challenges—from 11 consecutive quarters of negative productivity growth to underinvestment in technology and an overreliance on low-productivity sectors.“Canada is leaving untapped potential on the table,” Marwa says in the

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18:55

Economic Outlook 2025: Predicting What's Ahead for...

Canada"s Economy, Explained ·

2025/02/05

In this episode of Canada’s Economy Explained: The Business Data Lab Podcast, host Marwa Abdou speaks with Stephen Tapp, Chief Economist, and Patrick Gill, Senior Director, about the key economic predictions shaping Canada in 2025. The conversation covers affordability pressures, labour disruptions, immigration slowdowns, and the potential impact of Trump’s tariffs.Affordability remains a top concern, even as inflation stabilizes at 2 percent. “We’ve lived through a generational price

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