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Statistics Canada plans to hire 32,000 employees across Canada to conduct the next census in May 2021.
Source: ctv business
Now hiring: StatCan needs 32,000 Canadians to administer 2021 census

More than one-fifth of Canadian companies say they will adjust their employee’s pay if they move to a different location, according to a recent survey.
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More than one-fifth of Canadian companies will adjust pay if staff relocate: survey

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Thursday one in six or about 181,000 Canadian small business owners are now seriously contemplating closing.
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One in six independent businesses in danger of closing amid pandemic: report

COVID-19 has been far from sweet for Godiva, which has decided to sell or close its stores across North America.
Source: ctv business
Godiva to close 128 stores in North America, including 11 in Canada by end of March

A W-shaped recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic could trigger a nearly 50 per cent drop in housing prices and a peak unemployment rate of 25 per cent, if the government doesn’t offer relief, says the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
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W-shaped recovery would be ‘very severe’ without government assistance: CMHC

The Boeing 737 Max is back in the air.
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WestJet reintroduces Boeing 737 Max commercial flights in Canada

Canadian pension funds are seeking to boost their real estate investments, betting the slumping property market will recover as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes and office workers and city dwellers return to downtown properties.
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Canadian pension funds hunt for pandemic real estate bargains

TC Energy Corp. is planning to eliminate more than 1,000 construction jobs related to its decision to halt work on its Keystone XL pipeline expansion project.
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TC Energy cutting more than 1,000 Keystone XL construction jobs as work halted

Alberta’s premier is touting the idea of a Canada-U.S. trade war if President Joe Biden doesn’t revisit his decision to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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‘That’s not how you treat a friend’: Alberta calls on Ottawa to impose U.S. trade sanctions in wake of Keystone XL cancellation

More than 200,000 Canadian businesses could close permanently during the COVID-19 crisis, throwing millions of people out of work as the resurgence of the virus worsens across much of the country, according to new research.
Source: ctv business
CFIB raises estimate of small businesses at risk of closing permanently