By David Paddon THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO- BCE’s Bell Canada is well-positioned to compete with longtime rival Rogers Communications Inc. or a new challenge from Elon Musk’s Starlight satellite internet service, the CEO of Canada’s largest telecom and media said Thursday. BCE confirmed on the weekend that it attempted to ...

By Anita Balakrishnan OTTAWA- About $1 billion worth of mortgage payments were deferred each month during the pandemic, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said on Thursday. The calculation, released in CMHC’s annual residential mortgage industry report, is based on Equifax Canada’s estimate that the average monthly mortgage payment in Canada ...

OTTAWA- Canada’s budget watchdog says economic growth during the final quarter of 2019 will be “significantly weaker” than predicted in its fall report. In its latest report on near-term growth, the parliamentary budget office says real GDP growth in the final three months of last year will likely come in ...

The growth of e-commerce translates into  industrial and storage space increasing next year,  industry experts say. Cities like Vancouver, at a limit for land, will have to look for new solutions including  multistorey warehouses . THE SKY GUYS Low interest rates, socially responsible investing, and climate impacts among global trends ...

Desjardins Capital and Fonds de solidarité FTQ support the transaction by becoming shareholders of the new group Bestar-Bush MONTRÉAL, Jan. 14, 2020 – Novacap, one of Canada’s leading private equity firms, is proud to announce today that Bestar, one of its portfolio companies designing and manufacturing ready-to-assemble (RTA) furniture, has ...

By David Paddon THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO- The announcement Friday that George Cope will retire in January after nearly 12 years as chief executive of BCE Inc. has focused fresh attention on the sprawling telecom and media giant as the industry undergoes fundamental changes. The Montreal-based company, which owns Bell ...

By Mike Blanchfield THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- The federal government is giving its new watchdog on international corporate responsibility unprecedented power to hear complaints from Canadian companies that think they’ve been unfairly targeted by abuse allegations. Advocates for stronger oversight say they’re stunned by a proposed federal regulation that gives ...

OTTAWA-Canada’s competition watchdog says a court order issued Thursday will allow it to see customer complaints filed against Bell Canada.   The Federal Court of Canada has granted the Competition Bureau’s request for records from the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services.   The Competition Bureau says that its investigation ...