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Taking Stock with Amanda Lang — 204 episodes

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How Canada should respond to U.S. trade hostility

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Tariff support for Canadian businesses

3

Ottawa’s latest steel sector support plan

4

Questioning the right to strike in Canada

5

How Ottawa can help Canada’s nuclear industry

6

Adapting to fire

7

Changing attitudes when it comes to ‘Buy Canada’

8

The state of trade in Canada

9

Are stocks overdue for a correction?

10

Mortgage rates vs. the Bank of Canada

11

Are Canadian companies missing out on AI?

12

The disconnect between young people and employers

13

Will tax incentives boost home building in Canada?

14

Amanda Lang speaks with Patty Hadju, Minister of Jobs and Families

15

What’s next for the Bank of Canada?

16

Canada’s trade impact program, one year later

17

Canada’s two-track economy

18

‘Blind spots’ in Canadians’ personal finances

19

Rising rates squeeze small and mid-sized business

20

Iran, oil, inflation and interest rates

21

Is Canada really poorer than Alabama?

22

Paying the price for ageing infrastructure

23

Food inflation in Canada

24

Canada’s economic challenges

25

Opportunities for economic growth

26

New threats to Canada’s economy

27

Canada pivots to China

28

Are we creating a generation of renters?

29

Unlocking the Circular Economy

30

BHP CEO on Canadian investment and Anglo American bid

31

Bank of Canada’s path ahead

32

Canada’s infrastructure – and how we pay for it

33

Amanda Lang talks pipelines and more with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

34

How jobs are disappearing

35

Budget boost for Canadian economy

36

How to make food more affordable

37

Debt pressures and the precarious job market

38

Priorities for Canadian business in trade talks with U.S.

39

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem discusses interest rate decision

40

Analyzing the temporary foreign worker program

41

Is Canada going into a recession ?

42

Will the Bank of Canada cut interest rates ?

43

Outlook for Canada’s trade relationship with the U.S.

44

Seeking consensus to grow Canada’s economy

45

How technology such as AI will affect Canada’s workforce

46

Is the worst over for Canada’s job market ?

47

Income, savings and how to limit debt

48

John Tory’s insight on running a big city

49

A prefab solution to the housing crisis

50

Outlook for interest and mortgage rates

51

Canada’s productivity challenges Trumped by U.S. plans

52

G7 priority shift

53

Canadian jobs & the manufacturing sector

54

Cutting the red tape

55

Housing imbalances

56

Creative Accounting

57

Tariff turmoil

58

How to predict the future

59

Playing to Canada’s strengths

60

The state of Canada’s economy

61

The pressures of stagflation

62

Ways to support domestic industry amid tariff uncertainty

63

How Canadian businesses are getting ready for Trump’s tariffs

64

Why Canada needs a rethink on trade – whether we want to or not

65

What Canadians need to know about personal finance

66

Everything is on the table as Trump tariffs are imminent

67

What do we mean by middle class these days?

68

How Canada plans to fight back in the sudden trade war with the U.S.

69

How the Canada Post strike impacted charities

70

What’s next for Canada and the U.S. on the trade front under Trump?

71

What does 2025 hold in store for Canada’s economy?

72

Food prices the front line of the inflation battle

73

Small business will bear the burden of Fed’s tax holiday plan: CFIB

74

Outlook for Canada trade talks with U.S. under Trump

75

What’s next for Canada and the U.S. on the trade front under Trump?

76

Weighing the impact of carbon taxes

77

Low rates not enough to boost home construction to what we’ll need

78

What is the role of government in the future of work?

79

How a U.S. move to ban Chinese car software will impact Canada

80

What new 30-year mortgage rules might do to the housing market

81

Low rates still can't solve the housing crisis: Ian Lee

82

What the Bank of Canada’s cut might do to the housing market

83

Will curtailing immigration solve the housing problem

84

Special on the Middle Class in Canada

85

Are restaurants feeling the economic slowdown?

86

A special look at tourism in Canada

87

With use of cash dwindling, what is at stake?

88

A look at the challenges of investing in a market driven by a handful of big U.S. tech stocks

89

Trade barriers within Canada are costing us a fortune

90

How much we know and don’t know about our finances

91

Canada has dodged a recession…and should keep government spending in check

92

Falling rate expectations

93

Is a rate cut in the cards?

94

Canada has gotten complacent about free trade

95

Does minimum wage help or hurt affordability?

96

Is carbon capture and storage missing the mark?

97

Why aren't we building homes?

98

Canada's productivity problem

99

Will affordability measures put home ownership into reach, or send prices up?

100

Are housing measures announced by the feds going to do much?

101

New caps on high interest loans will protect vulnerable borrowers

102

Canada’s housing affordability

103

This week on Taking Stock: A feature interview with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to discuss how Alberta can continue to grow its economy beyond fossil fuels, take the political temperature in the province and the her view on the role Alberta plays in a united Canada.

104

Taking Stock takes a special look at critical minerals in Canada

105

Are discount airlines doomed to failure in Canada?

106

Inflation is cooling but housing costs continue to pinch

107

Checking in on a small business

108

What should consumers do about their high debt levels?

109

In conversation with Wab Kinew, Premier of Manitoba

110

Why are business leaders worried about government debt?

111

Are students to blame for immigration problems?

112

How bad is the debt picture?

113

In Conversation with Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada

114

In Conversation with Canada's Commissioner of Competition

115

Is the inflation fight over?

116

Where have the entrepreneurs gone?

117

Is the government digging itself too deep into a fiscal hole?

118

Will consumer confidence tank the economy?

119

How far is Canada from its climate goals?

120

What are the risks and opportunities ahead?

121

How are stressed households dealing with high rates?

122

5th anniversary of legal cannabis

123

A look at Indigo

124

What will the Bank of Canada make of the jobs numbers?

125

What can government do to prepare the workforce for the future?

126

How are small businesses coping with higher costs?

127

Will there be a recession?

128

Is the Bank of Canada on track?

129

Has the Bank of Canada managed to slay inflation without a recession?

130

Does Canada have a culture problem when it comes to business?

131

A special look at the agricultural economy in Canada

132

Will the Bank of Canada miss the mark on bringing inflation under control?

133

The state of affairs for youth in Canada

134

Did the Bank of Canada overshoot when it raised rates?

135

The picture of the rental market in Canada

136

When insurance companies bow out of markets, what happens next?

137

AI is in urgent need of regulations before it's too late

138

How will households cope if a recession sends unemployment higher?

139

Online Gambling is taking off in Canada

140

US Inflation, Canada and China tensions and Bank of Canada wants input on a digital currency

141

As tight labour markets persist and a recession is still a possibility, how are businesses preparing?

142

A look at innovation in Canada

143

A look at the Indigenous Economy in Canada

144

Taking the pulse of business as the Bank of Canada holds interest rates at 4.5%.

145

From business confidence to real estate prices - have we seen the bottom?

146

A closer look at the federal budget, including affordability initiatives and green policies.

147

Can Canada compete with the US on climate change investments?

148

The trouble with travel

149

Affordable housing – for Renters

150

A special edition of Taking Stock looking at the business of government

151

Does Canada have enough competition? What you need to know

152

Can Canadians cope with higher interest rates?

153

Things aren’t as bad in Canada as some reports would suggest

154

A look at how the economy is doing

155

Is the economy headed for a soft landing?

156

Special Edition of Taking Stock: In conversation with Howard Marks

157

Efforts to make housing more affordable could backfire

158

Canada's immigration hits new record

159

Is Canada's spending on housing working?

160

Housing affordability is worse than ever as mortgages eat up almost 70% of disposable incomes.

161

Big bank merger in Canada may invite regulator scrutiny

162

How does health care stack up in Canada?

163

GM has big plans for electric vehicles in Canada

164

Federal and provincial health ministers meet to talk money

165

The country’s mini-budget, By The numbers

166

A massive wealth transfer from boomers to their kids

167

Is Canada's central bank taking us into a recession?

168

New warnings of a global recession

169

Bank of Canada warns rates will continue higher to fight inflation

170

Canada’s economy is still growing as rates rise

171

Did we learn the lessons we need from the pandemic?

172

Inflation in Canada

173

The politics of energy in Europe and what it might mean for inflation at home

174

GDP in Canada was strong in the three months ending July

175

A look at the role housing plays in our economy

176

US Inflation may have peaked but still runs high

177

The role of foreign owners is hotly debated in Canadian housing markets

178

Canada's extremely tight labour market

179

How big is the challenge of pivoting Canada to a fossil-fuel reduced future?

180

Home prices will decline as rates rise

181

A look at the tourism economy in Canada

182

The feds will lose money on the Trans Mountain pipeline purchase. Why that is just fine.

183

The jobs market is stronger than ever in Canada

184

The number of workers who want a hybrid work situation is at an all time high

185

The Bank of Canada raises interest rates again

186

Why can’t government’s do more to help with affordability?

187

Digital cash may be the future for Canadians

188

Wireless pricing in Canada – By The Numbers

189

The reality of increasing housing supply in Canada

190

The housing economy in Canada

191

Consumers are worried about debt, with good reason

192

The federal budget by the numbers

193

Canadas emission strategy

194

How important is a balanced budget?

195

Living with Low Rates

196

Sanctions against Russia will come with real costs forcing Canadians to put our money where our hearts are

197

Millionaires fight with billionaires but its MLB fans who pay the price

198

Markets abhor the unknown

199

The affordability news is not great

200

Mandating change

201

Mind the skills gap

202

Managing rising debt costs

203

Getting hyper about inflation

204

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