08/20/2019 Are Canadian Industrial Investors Defecting Abroad? The well-documented exit of foreign investors from Canada1 is being compounded by a corresponding exit of Canadian investors : the latter seem to increasingly prefer foreign grounds. Inward and outward flows of foreign … Continue reading
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20/08/2019 Oil vs EV: the Power Balance is Shifting … and the First Victim Will be Canadian Oil Two trends are converging: on the one hand, a global uptick in new capital investment projects for electric/hybrid vehicle production and, on … Continue reading
04/03/2018 Natural Resources : the Rise of the Canadian Investor Five years after the peak of the commodity boom, the investment climate has changed in Canada. Activity has slowed, the dust has settled, and the new landscape of natural resource … Continue reading
03/06/2018 But where are the investors? Foreign investment in Canadian industrial sectors in 2017 was 10% of the peak level of 2013. Although the decline was largely limited to extractive industries prior to 2017, it is now affecting the manufacturing … Continue reading
21/09/2017 Towards a Change in the Make-up of Foreign Investment in Canada? Fewer Traders, More Investors, Please! A look at foreign investment flows in Canada suggests an increasing lack of foreign investment in non-portfolio investment1, and as illustrated below, increasingly … Continue reading
31/03/2016 The End of the Great Era of Industrial Megaprojects: Taking Stock Though more than $700 billion in megaprojects have been announced in Canada, almost all in the natural resources sector, over half that amount is at risk1. In terms … Continue reading
29/02/2016 Factors of Economic Recovery Any Hope from Canadian Corporations? Don’t Hold your Breath A decline in industrial investments (-13% since the 2013 peak), no export growth (-1% since 2014) despite a favorable exchange rate, and increasing overcapacity in office … Continue reading
20/08/2015 Why Hasn’t the Falling Loonie Done More for our Exports? Canadian exports of manufactured goods1 to the United States almost caught up to the levels reached before the financial crisis. Recent growth has been fast, with an annual average … Continue reading
Cooperatives within heavy industry: Oxymoron or a sign of the times? . November 26, 2012 Large private corporations are neither the only players nor the only major investors in the production and trade of commodities. In the last few … Continue reading