Canada’s Workplace Reset: Advancing Wellness Beyond Perks

Canada’s workplaces are approaching a breaking point. Chronic stress, burnout, and fragmented work experiences are undermining productivity, draining leadership capacity, and slowing innovation. When wellness is treated as an add‑on rather than a strategic lever, organizations face rising turnover, disengagement, absenteeism, and broader impacts to competitiveness and economic resilience.

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AI on the Horizon: February 26, 2026

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Following Career Paths to Forecast Skills—February 2026

From Jobs to Journeys: Enhancing Forecasts With the Career Paths and Skill Transformations Model In this research, we delve into the Career Paths and Skill Transformations (CaST) model, which leverages…
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Rising Unwrought Gold Exports Behind the Trade Balance Improvement

Canada’s merchandise exports increased 2.6 per cent (month-over-month) in December 2025. Meanwhile, imports were up 0.6 per cent. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit narrowed from $2.6 billion in…

Debt to Balloon as Province Attempts to Maintain Core Services: Our Analysis of the British Columbia Budget 2026

British Columbia is anticipating a deficit of $9.6 billion in fiscal year 2025-26. Despite being lower than government projections of $11.2 billion issued in the fall of last year, it…

Cheaper Gasoline Helped Keep CPI Growth Cool in January

In January, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 2.3 per cent year-over-year (y/y). This was lower than December’s 2.4 per cent increase. Gasoline prices rose by 0.5 per cent…

AI on the Horizon: The Kids are Alright?

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Index of Consumer Spending for October 2025

Consumer Spending Stabilizes Amid Mixed Regional Trends The Index of Consumer Spending (ICS) edged up to 116.8 points in October, a modest 0.6 per cent increase from September (April 2022…

Employment Gains Freeze in January

Employment declined by 25,000 in January (0.3 per cent). The labour force participation rate edged down to 65.0 per cent, a 0.4 percentage decrease, while the unemployment rate declined to…

Canada’s Economy in a Soft Spot at the End of the Year

Real gross domestic product (GDP) was unchanged month-over-month in November, following a 0.3 per cent decline in October. Advanced estimates indicate the economy likely contracted by 0.1 per cent in…

Self-Employment for Neurodivergent Canadians—January 2026

Creating Their Own Path: Unlocking Self-Employment for Neurodivergent Canadians Neurodivergent Canadians continue to face exclusion from or barriers to employment in traditional workspaces, leaving valuable skills underused in the labour…

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