Canada

Canada's Shopify Cuts 10% of Workforce as Online Shopping Slows

Canada’s Shopify Inc is laying off 10 percent of its workforce as the ecommerce company struggles with slowing growth due to a pullback in online shopping after benefiting from a pandemic-fueled surge in demand. Its shares tumbled 14.7 percent on the U.S. bourses and on the Toronto Exchange, they shed 14 percent on Tuesday, pulling […]

Canada to Impose Additional Sanctions, Ban Tech Export to Russia -Statement

Canada on Monday announced more measures in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including additional sanctions and a ban on the export of technologies that could help improve Russia’s defense manufacturing capability. The new sanctions would target six individuals and 46 entities linked to the Russian defence sectors, 15 Ukrainians supporting Russia, and 13 individuals […]

Canada Creates Carbon-Capture Incentives, Critical Mineral Plan to Cut Emissions

Canada will offer a substantial incentive to companies that invest in carbon-capture technologies and will set aside as much as C$3.8 billion ($3 billion) over eight years to accelerate critical mineral exploration, extraction and processing as it seeks to cut carbon emissions. In this year’s budget presented on Thursday, Canada is introducing a 60 percent […]

Canadian Minister Opposes Wholesale Transfer of Shaw's Wireless Licences to Rogers

Canada’s industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, on Thursday said he will not permit the wholesale transfer of Shaw Communications Inc’s wireless licences to Rogers Communications Inc as part of a buyout bid for Shaw. “The wholesale transfer of Shaw’s wireless licences to Rogers is fundamentally incompatible with our government’s policies for spectrum and mobile service competition, […]