Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦1 CIBC: Everyone knew #inflation in #Canada jumped in March due to higher #gasolineprices, the only question remaining was how high? The 2.4% headline reading, driven by a 0.9% NSA m/m rise (0.5% after seasonal adjustment), was actually slightly below the consensus forecast (2.6%) ... 🧵
#cdnecon
2 CIBC: ... albeit still a sharp acceleration from 1.8% in the prior month. Of course, higher #gasoline #prices were the primary driver of the acceleration in inflation, with only limited sign of pass through to other areas yet.
#cdnecon #CPI #inflation
*|FNAME|*RE: https://mstdn.ca/@cabinradio/116431218483395366
What are we retraining them for? Canada seems to be preparing our future economy to run exclusively on ‘AI’ and ‘digging shit up’.
Seems to me that these workers already know how to do the latter? 🤔
somecanuckchickIt comes as countries look to secure supply chains amid rising trade tensions, and growing demand for key metals like copper, nickel and lithium, needed for priorities like electrification and defence...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lithium-refining-facility-bc-9.7167658 #cdnpoli #polcan #cdnecon
North America's 1st electrochemical lithium refining facility is in Delta — and could prove critical | CBC News
Delta, B.C., is an unlikely location for Canada to challenge China's hegemonic control of the refining of lithium, a critical mineral whose supply chains have emerged as a key concern from the White House to Ottawa and beyond.
RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/politics-2qr4m137z/-/a-5gz8UyeQS4C0F3BlvbhLdg%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
I got sort-of excited until it was clear the investment were trying to attract investors for seems to be more resource-extraction. Canada needs to grow our economy beyond just digging up shit or we’ll forever be locked in a boom-or-bust cycle. Just ask Alberta!
Betting is bad. Deregulating it to allow for betting on outcomes of war, etc. it is only making it worse. #onlinegambling #gambling #onlinebetting #betting #cdnpoli #cdnecon #vices
2 Desjardins: That said, all of the new positions were part-time, with full-time #jobs stable after a devastating decline of 108K in February.
#cdnecon #LFS #jobsdata #unemployment
1 Desjardins: After a string of #joblosses to begin the year, Canada’s #labourmarket showed some signs of stabilization in March. The #economy added back 14K #jobs, leaving the #unemploymentrate unchanged at 6.7%. 🧵
#cdnecon #LFS #jobsdata
Trevor TombeOur governments’ finances face a growth problem, not just a budget problem.
My latest for @TheHubCanada on why productivity changes everything: https://thehub.ca/2026/04/01/the-fiscal-challenge-canadas-provinces-arent-talking-about/ #cdnecon #cdnpoli
Oil prices (WTI) ended March just under $102/bbl. Adjusted for inflation, that's the second largest monthly $/bbl increase ever and the third largest % increase. #cdnecon
