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@lemmy.cahttps://nationalpost.com/news/canadas-living-standards-alarmingly-on-track-to-be-the-lowest-in-40-years-study
If per-capita gross domestic product does not recover in 2024, the decline since mid-2019 may be the longest in the last four decades
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-barclays-strategist-answers-fund-managers-top-five-market-questions/
Plus, BMO hikes target on the TSX
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nijjar-singh-sikh-india-1.7205637
https://theconversation.com/divorce-rates-are-falling-are-canadians-too-poor-to-break-up-229475
While multiple factors play a role in falling divorce rates, the costs of separation make going it alone a daunting prospect for many Canadians.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-canadians-standard-of-living-is-on-decline-report-says
Canadians are currently experiencing one of the worst and longest declines in their standard of living in decades, a new report says.
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@netbsd/112446618914747900
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https://educate-yourself.org/nwo/
https://www.thestar.com/business/walmart-to-shutter-toronto-tech-office-as-part-of-corporate-job-cuts-and-shift-away/article_9a22db3a-1207-11ef-b100-d7a63a218352.html
The corporate job cuts at Walmart won't affect the Canadian operations at the Mississauga headquarters, according to a source.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canada-post-wrong-to-suspend-unvaccinated-remote-workers-during-covid-ruling
The arbitrator found it was unreasonable to extend it to staff who worked “exclusively remotely” with no prospect of going to the office.
https://thehub.ca/2024-05-15/chris-alexander-immigration-increases-wont-solve-canadas-underlying-issues/
The bottom line is that immigrants, students, and workers chose Canada over centuries because we sustained high levels of growth and high standards of living. Canada’s declining affluence over the past decade undermines this pull factor.