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7:06

Cracking up 🧨 - B.C. pipeline proposal sows...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/10/03

Remember a few months ago when virtually all of Canada’s political leaders voiced support for big infrastructure projects in the face of U.S. trade threats?Space, the final frontier… of powering your scrolling.

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8:02

Spilled milk 🥛 - Dairy on the negotiating table with...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/10/02

Canada’s iconic milk bag could soon face more competition from the American carton. To the surprise of absolutely no one, Meta will soon use your conversations with its AI chatbots to serve you even more hyper-targeted ads.

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16:05

What’s next? ➡️ - Alberta’s travelling town halls...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/10/01

After hitting 10 stops over three months, Alberta’s travelling roadshow of participative democracy is wrapping up. Telus just turned a Québec fishing hub into one of Canada’s AI hotspots.

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8:37

Movie tax 🍿 - Trump wants tariffs on foreign movies,...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/30

Canada’s film industry could be the next sector to face tariff disruptions. Telus just turned a Québec fishing hub into one of Canada’s AI hotspots.

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8:24

Power play 🔌 - Rogers eyes standalone sports biz, Old...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/29

As the Toronto Blue Jays clinched their division yesterday, their owner was plotting how they’re gonna create one of the largest sports empires in the world. Bring up the stock market and Nvidia is sure to be mentioned, but the hottest companies of the year are actually a lot more old-school: 1970s-era hard-drive makers.

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64:35

Best of Free Lunch: What The Heck Is Productivity,...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/28

Peak Pals! We're re-airing some of our favourite episode of the Free Lunch podcast. today we're talking about productivity with William Huggins, a lecturer on corporate finance, economics, and statistics at the DeGroote School of Business, about:What productivity is and how we measure it. Why productivity matters for the economy. Why wages have become disconnected from productivity. Why Canada's productivity is lagging behind other developed countries. How some countries without

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69:04

Best of Free Lunch: A Disturbing conversation about AI

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/27

Hey Peak Pals , we've decided to start dropping old episodes of Free Lunch into the feed on weekend. We don't air that podcast anymore, but there are still some really relevant conversations that were had and we want to give you a chance to listen to them again or maybe for the first time.

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9:10

Is Canada Post toast? 📬 - Ottawa tells Canada Post...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/26

If you’ve got a dog that loves barking at the mailman, it’s time to sit them down and deliver some difficult news. The U.S.’s creep towards state-owned companies is now encroaching on a Canadian firm.

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17:02

Hasta-la-Visa 👋- U.S. adds $100,000 fee for visas,...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/25

The visa program that’s brought some of Silicon Valley’s best and brightest to the U.S. just got a ~1,900% price increase. Worried about job security in a shaky economy? More Canadians are considering the one surefire way to make sure you don’t get laid off: hiring yourself. Peak Pals, stick around to the end of this episode for a conversation with Alex Howell, AirBnB's policy lead for Canada where we talk about the company's impact on housing.

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8:46

Tragic mushrooms 🍄- Canada’s mushroom industry gets...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/25

Canada’s (legal) mushroom industry is booming, and the U.S. is starting to get a little jealous. The U.S.’s creep towards state-owned companies is now encroaching on a Canadian firm.

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13:52

Such great heights 🆙- Canadian stocks are on a tear,...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/24

No doubt some Canadian investors were happily eyeing their portfolios yesterday. Truck stops should swap potato chips for microchips to appease their future customers: robot drivers.

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7:57

Start me up 🏁- Startup studio bags new funding, U.S....

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/23

A Toronto startup studio has some new ideas on how to build the next Shopify. Say what you will about the Trump administration, they’re there when a desperate friend needs a bail out.

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9:01

CanCon, can do 🇨🇦 - The CRTC plots new content...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/19

Big Tech companies will spend the next week arguing why they shouldn’t have to bankroll Canada’s music industry. A new report confirms what we already kinda knew about the feds’ carbon cutting goals: they bit off more than they could chew.

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7:31

Clock’s ticking ⏰ - CUSMA’s days are officially...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/18

Canada’s negotiating team is going to need to brush up on The Art of the Deal.Canadian miners need more money to cash in on the critical mineral rush. With Chinese investments out of the question, the Middle East is stepping right up.

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9:12

Escape hatch ⚜️ - Québec secularism law heads to...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/17

Québec’s favourite constitutional escape hatch could be sealed shut.The metaverse might be dead, but Meta’s still betting that people want to strap computers to their faces.

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8:32

Halved or quartered? ➗ - The push to end quarterly...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/16

Call it financial climate change: we could one day see fewer earnings seasons.The federal government might be quietly sitting on an AI gold mine, and the tech industry is politely asking it to stand up.

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7:54

Home sweet home 🏠 - Ottawa launches homebuilding...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/15

The feds are giving Canada’s housing sector a $13 billion shot in the arm. Investing with purpose? You might need to watch what you say.

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7:30

Playing dirty 🧼 - Telus files a complaint against...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/12

Telus has accused Rogers of playing dirty and wants Canada’s telecoms regulator to send it to the penalty box.It’s gonna take more than a new line of yoga pants to fix Lulu’s balance sh

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8:16

Buy now, worry later 🛍️ - BNPL takes over Wall...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/11

A Swedish fintech has managed to build a US$20 billion business by letting people procrastinate their buyer's remorse.It’s not a rare mineral, but the humble wiring in your home is about to become a lot more important.

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8:16

Air time 📱-Canadian companies take on scammers,...

The Peak Daily ·

2025/09/10

Some of Canada’s biggest companies are building the Avengers equivalent of a fraud-fighting team. At this rate, the 2027 iPhone lineup will be able to fit in your wallet.

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