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Canada's Economy, Explained: The Business Data Lab Podcast is an initiative of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce hosted by Senior Research Director Marwa Abdou. Designed for business owners, decision-makers, and curious listeners, this podcast delivers real-time data, expert analysis, and actionable insights on workforce trends, economic conditions, and more.
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Sharing the Atom, a special podcast from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and Argonne National Laboratory, takes you on a journey from the discovery of nuclear fission to the development of global commitments and systems to also use that discovery for good. Sharing the Atom tells the story of how world leaders came together to develop a political and legal framework that enables the pursuit of nuclear technologies for peaceful use and how that framework is ...
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Calm Before the Storm: Canada’s Economic Outlook & Recession Risk with Dawn Desjardins
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In this episode, host Marwa Abdou speaks with Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist at Deloitte Canada, about the country's fragile economic outlook for 2025. Desjardins shares insights from Deloitte’s Calm Before the Storm report, which highlights falling interest rates, stable inflation, and household savings as economic supports — while new U.S. tari…
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The Incoherent Case of Tariffs: Trade Talk with Chad Bown
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In this episode of Canada’s Economy, Explained, host Marwa Abdou sits down with Dr. Chad P. Bown, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of State, to examine how new U.S. tariffs could impact Canada’s economy. Bown explains how Canada’s deep ties to U.S. s…
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Canada’s Biggest Missed Opportunity: Women Entrepreneurs
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This episode explores Canada’s gender gap in entrepreneurship with Isabelle Hudon, President and CEO of the Business Development Bank of Canada, and tackles the systemic barriers women face—especially in accessing capital. Drawing from BDL’s new report, Women Entrepreneurs: Canada’s Biggest Missed Business Opportunity, the discussion reveals why wo…
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How Can Canada Navigate a World of Trump-ed Trade?
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U.S. tariffs threaten Canada’s economy and will put industries, jobs, and supply chains at risk. According to the Business Data Lab, $3.6 billion in goods and services cross the border daily as part of our $1.3 trillion trade relationship. Trump's 25% tariff on goods could shrink Canada’s GDP by a whopping 2.6%. Mairead Lavery, former President and…
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Canada’s Productivity — An Emergency 40 Years in the Making
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This episode of The Business Data Lab Podcast explores Canada’s “productivity emergency” and why the country ranks second-lowest in the G7 for labour productivity. Host Marwa Abdou, Senior Research Director, and Andrew DiCapua, Economist at the BDL, break down the challenges—from 11 consecutive quarters of negative productivity growth to underinves…
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Economic Outlook 2025: Predicting What's Ahead for Canada
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In this episode of Canada’s Economy Explained: The Business Data Lab Podcast, host Marwa Abdou speaks with Stephen Tapp, Chief Economist, and Patrick Gill, Senior Director, about the key economic predictions shaping Canada in 2025. The conversation covers affordability pressures, labour disruptions, immigration slowdowns, and the potential impact o…
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Welcome to The Business Data Lab Podcast: Canada's Economy, Explained. An initiative of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Hosted by Senior Research Director Marwa Abdou, this podcast features insightful discussions with economists and business leaders. Listen in for deep, expert analysis of Canada's top economic trends to help you make sense of the…
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Sharing The Atom Ep.4 - Securing the atom of tomorrow
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Demand is growing for nuclear technologies for peaceful uses, for example, to address the need for carbon-free energy generation to mitigate global warming and to achieve many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Given that the NPT has been fundamental in enabling the widespread peaceful use of nuclear technologies, this episode exp…
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Sharing The Atom Ep.3 - Nuclear technology for all
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Since the enactment of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the world has made great strides in applying nuclear technology to medicine, agriculture, industry, and energy generation. The negotiation of the treaty and the additional arrangements that followed its entry into force gave countries the confidence that these advances could be made witho…
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Sharing The Atom Ep.2 - A remarkable agreement
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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is founded upon three fundamental pillars: Non-Proliferation, Peaceful Uses and Disarmament. This second episode examines the, at times, tense and unpredictable process by which the various parts of the NPT came to be, and how the treaty created a framework for expanding peaceful nuclear cooperation and reaping …
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Sharing The Atom Ep.1 - Nuclear energy in its infancy
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When nuclear fission was first discovered, its potential was undeniable, both for great progress and profound destruction. Knowing this, countries around the globe agreed to draft an international treaty that would protect the world from nuclear war and enable the peaceful use and sharing of nuclear technology. This inaugural episode of Sharing the…
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Sharing the Atom, a special podcast from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and Argonne National Laboratory, takes you on a journey from the discovery of nuclear fission to the development of global commitments and systems to also use that discovery for good. Sharing the Atom tells the story of how world leaders cam…
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