Finance

Within one generation of reclaiming a seat at the economic table, Indigenous Peoples are driving key outcomes in the national economy and climate action, says a First Nations business leader working to build an inclusive climate economy.

The bank plan met opposition after environmental protesters disrupted its annual shareholder meeting in Manchester earlier this month.

The rosy economic projections come as Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government prepares to table its 2022 budget later this month in the lead-up to the June 2 election.

“Today is one of the highest insults I've ever received as a chief,” Wet'suwet'en hereditary Chief Namoks said Thursday after RBC cancelled the in-person portion of its meeting at the last minute. “You’ve seen the violence (on Wet'suwet'en territory); I think today's insult was bigger.”

A recent RBC report estimates that in order to catch up and meet its climate targets, Canada will need to invest $70 billion per year into green technologies such as electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, green hydrogen, carbon capture and renewable energy production. As it stands, the country falls well short of that figure, investing just $10 billion annually.

A first ministers meeting on Dec. 10 that was supposed to be devoted to long-term, federal health care funding seems destined to be hijacked by a more urgent priority: surviving the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investors should be making data-informed decisions, and consistent and reliable climate-related data is imperative to do so. However, Julie Segal writes, based on traditional risk and reward principles, pricing in physical risks imposes a surcharge for those most liable to climate damage.

Alberta is cutting business taxes, pumping billions into infrastructure and making a full court press to lure jobs from Toronto, Montreal and elsewhere to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic.

A national public inquiry into money laundering would be beneficial, no matter which party wins the federal election, says British Columbia's attorney general.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed $1.3 billion of federal funding Thursday towards extending Montreal's métro line — a project first announced by Réné Lévesque in 1979.

Export Development Canada, Canada's federal credit agency, has priced its very first 'Green Bond' in Canadian dollars — a sign of rising global interest in climate financing, it says.

"In a system that is so heavily skewed toward the masculine, we think a shift toward the feminine—by women and men alike—would be healthy and prudent."

Canada’s big banks defended their business practices Monday before a parliamentary committee that’s been exploring allegations of questionable sales methods at major financial institutions.

A bottleneck in Montreal, considered the third worst in Canada according to the new research, compares with congestion levels in Boston.

Canada’s highest−paid CEOs are projected to earn more before lunchtime Tuesday than the average working person’s income for all of 2017, says a report released by a Canadian think tank.