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Economists spell out Canada’s best- and worst-case scenarios for 2012

Tavia Grant, The Globe and Mail, Published December 25, 2011

 

Modest growth is expected for Canada in 2012, however there is still debate on how it will all play out. This article interviews two Economists from the largest banks in Canada on their best and worst case scenarios for the New Year.

 

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Canada's economy -- Still safe and sound?

D.R., The Economist, Published August 10, 2011

 

It is well known that the effect of the global economic slowdown in past years didn’t effect Canada to the same extent as other industrialized nations. "Canada’s Economy: Still safe and sound?" presents a view on if Canada’s economic advantages can still allow it to remain resilient.

 

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Western Canada Expected to Lead Growth This Year

 

“Real GDP will likely expand across the country in 2010, with the strongest growth rates seen in Western Canada as commodity-sector activity recovers from a depressed year in 2009,”...

 

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Energy Sector Spending Increases

Upturn in the New Decade

 

Indications of the recovery in the Canadian economy in 2010 highlighted by increases in...

 

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Energy Sector Spending Increases

 

The Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) released a report that predicted oilsands spending could double to about $8 billion next year...

 

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Lower Costs May Revive Oil Sands Projects

Scott Haggett, Reuters, June 1, 2009

 

The future of the Alberta oil sands has received a much-needed boost in light of all the problems that surround our struggling energy industry...

 

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Finally, a Positive Alternative for Dealing with Under-Water Stock Options…..no really, we’re serious!!

Arden Dalik, The Wynford Group, May, 2009

 

The handling of under-water stock options has long been a touchy subject for organizations and compensation consultants. Now there is a creative solution that utilizes the Canadian Tax-Free Savings Account.

 

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Looking for alternatives to layoffs

Derek Sankey, Canwest News Services, Published:  April 29, 2009

 

Employers are turning to free provincial and federal government programs to avoid or minimize rounds of layoffs as they seek creative alternatives to shedding workers in the economic downturn.

 

At Alberta 's Labour Mark et Information Centres, teams of business and industry liaisons pick up the phone the moment they hear of a company laying off workers and begin their pitch to save those valuable jobs…

 

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Federal Program Offers Alternative Option to Impending Layoffs of Core Staff

go2hr.ca

 

The federal government’s Work-Sharing Program is designed to help employers who want to keep their staff, but who are facing a reduction in the normal level of business activity due to circumstances outside their control…

 

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Work Sharing: 3 Things Employers Need to Know

Rob Maurin, workopolis.com, Published:  March 30, 2009

 

If you’re looking at layoffs as a last hope for your company’s survival, and wish you had an alternative, you’re in luck.  At the beginning of March, the federal government boosted the resources for work sharing, a program that helps employers avoid laying off staff…

 

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Alberta economy set for rebound in 2010

Lisa Schmidt, Calgary Herald, Published: Friday, March 06, 2009

 

Alberta will bounce back with solid growth next year after slipping into its first recession in two decades, a forecast said Thursday. A slowing energy sector will cut into...

 

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Work-Sharing 2009 Federal Government Program

 

Work-Sharing is an adjustment program designed to help employers and workers…

 

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