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September labour data point to a cooler hiring market, not a uniformly looser one

Ottawa and Ontario announce $2 million for Ontario food-safety upgrades, with applications to open Oct. 19

Ottawa’s $66.3 million housing and retrofit list signals demand, but not signed work

CRA’s $1-billion tax-ruling priority could speed certainty, but not Investment Canada reviews

What Ottawa’s proposed Productivity Mega Deduction actually does, and what businesses still must confirm

Pacific Link gets federal national-interest listing, but Ottawa has not yet proved the pipeline is ready to build

NRCan’s hydrogen ITC guidance update spells out what sponsors must file before claiming the credit

North Coast Transmission Line breaks ground, but key commercial documents are still missing

Canada’s digital drill-core library reaches first scans, but platform and access terms are still unclear

Montney’s rising share of Canada’s gas supply raises the stakes for pipeline access

NRCan’s critical minerals RFI reopens strategy assumptions, not funding decisions

Ottawa’s $67 million life-sciences pledge names recipients, but not the terms businesses need

Ottawa’s new data-centre principles give Canadian municipalities a checklist, not a permit rule

Competition Bureau food-chain review moves past written submissions. What Canadian food businesses should do next

Bill C-39 proposes one-year federal project decisions, but sponsors still face key timing unknowns

Ottawa’s AI-transparency consultation is closed. For businesses, the real signal is where disclosure duties could land next.

Sheikh Hasina vows December return to Bangladesh, says she is prepared to face imprisonment

July credit data measure balances, not just new borrowing

June lumber shipments exceeded production, but the gap is not an inventory verdict

Canada’s $51.3B securities inflow came from two portfolio moves

Reading Canada’s inflation number against a business’s own bills

Canada’s fuel-import total includes an input to oil-sands production

A climate disruption can raise prices while shrinking a business’s sales

A 2026 spending update still describes households in 2023

Bank of Canada’s September rate summary points to caution, not a clear pivot, for borrowers and exporters

Canada’s larger heat-pump stock brings a service-market question

Fewer people employed can coexist with a steady unemployment rate

Bay du Nord’s closed public review is one milestone, not first oil

Canada’s energy scenarios carry assumptions a business plan must retain

AI time savings need to survive the whole job

Payment-order study shows why a quantum claim needs a conventional benchmark

Robot adoption research puts owners’ salaries inside the pay question

Vehicle revenue rose in July while unit sales fell

Non-residential projects led July’s drop in Canadian building permits

Non-US exports reached a record in July while Canada’s total exports fell

Science and technical vacancies rise beneath a flat Canadian total

Canada’s new $20 note gives cash-handling businesses time to prepare