Podcast
Down to Business
Hosted by Postmedia · EN
Welcome to Down to Business, the Financial Post podcast that brings you deep-dives on Canada's economy, and explains the biggest business stories of the day through interviews with newsmakers. Hosted by Gabe Friedman.
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What's ahead for Canada's energy sector as new era of nation-building dawns
Jul 300:56:30Tap to summarizeThis episode of Down to Business explores what's lies ahead for Canada's energy sector as the country enters a "generational opportunity" for economic development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Is Canada setting itself up for a big home price spike in 2030?
Jun 2600:40:54Tap to summarizeDown to Business podcast talks to Mike Moffatt, founding director of the Missing Middle Initiative, about how the housing crisis started and where we could go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Canada's auto industry at 'hinge moment'
Jun 2400:44:13Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Down to Business, Stephen Beatty, a former Toyota Canada executive, describes the threats to the auto industry and solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Canada gets wakeup call that world 'unstable and dangerous place'
Mar 6, 202500:21:29Tap to summarizeMargaret MacMillan, emeritus professor of history at the University of Toronto, gives perspective on what Donald Trump's presidency means to Canada and the world Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →How the old trading rules are failing Canada
Feb 25, 202500:24:55Tap to summarizeLawrence Herman, who spent decades practicing international trade law, explains how anti-dumping remedies aren't working for Canadian companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →'No way Canada can win a trade war:' John Manley shares some hard truths
Feb 21, 202500:26:09Tap to summarizeJohn Manley, the former federal minister who managed our relationship with the U.S. at the highest levels, says Donald Trump's tariff threats are a 'really loud wakeup call' for Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →How Trump is pouring gas on the fire of de-globalization
Feb 14, 202500:29:50Tap to summarizeMeredith Lilly, a trade adviser under former prime minister Stephen Harper, says the world is on the cusp of a new trade order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Delivery Economy explodes: A Down to Business deep dive - Part 1
Dec 11, 202400:43:29Tap to summarizeIn the first episode of The Delivery Economy, Down to Business host Gabe Friedman explores the astonishing economics of e-commerce with the CEOs of two Canadian companies.Sylvia Ng discusses her decision to leave Shopify Inc and found ReturnBear in 2021 as she watched a growing number of companies struggle with the high level of returns from online sales; and Mark Ang explains how his decision to co-found a self-storage company in 2017 inadvertently set him up to build the logistics infrastructure and software that allows the largest brands in the world to sell goods online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Delivery Economy explodes: Looking for a relief valve in the delivery economy as traffic grows - Part 2
Dec 11, 202400:21:24Tap to summarizeIn episode two of The Delivery Economy, Gabe speaks with Ivan Waissbluth. Fed up with traffic in Toronto, Waissbluth co-founded NRBI, which has been building a rapidly growing fleet of electric cargo bikes to deliver goods around the city's dense core. Then a bike courier with decades of experiences tells Gabe what it’s like to ride a bike around Toronto, and how conditions have changed for bike couriers in the past 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Delivery Economy explodes: Reverberations throughout the economy & ceilings to online - Part 3
Dec 11, 202400:13:18Tap to summarizeIn the final episode of The Delivery Economy, Clarence Woudsma, a professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning, joins Gabe to explain how e-commerce is evolving and the trends that may lie ahead, from growth markets such as grocery to the shifting labour landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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