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Finding qualified workers is a key challenge for Canada’s C-suite executives, but what other challenges are impacting their organizations? Find out at the link here: https://bit.ly/3QKk5xp

Canada is shaping the global conversation on AI and we’re proud to be part of it.

At the 2025 B7 meeting, we brought our Canada’s AI Economy report, supported by Microsoft Canada, directly into conversations with global business and government leaders, including Canada’s Minister of Industry.

As the official voice of the business community within the G7, the B7 is where priorities take form, and our work helped move the dialogue forward.

Read more in our Legacy Report: https://bit.ly/4w0iZxB

Shingles undermines healthy aging in Canada by reducing productivity, caregiving capacity, and social participation, with both direct and indirect economic consequences. In the coming weeks we are launching a report, supported by GSK, on productivity, healthy ageing and the ROI of shingles vaccination – stay tuned.

Yesterday’s fiscal update touched on EVs, labour and skill shortages, the cost of living, a sovereign wealth fund and helping Canadians get in a home. Get insights on these policy measures and more at the link here: https://bit.ly/4u9rLaI

Employee benefits remain a critical component of total rewards strategies, particularly as organizations navigate rising benefit costs, shifting workforce expectations, and increasing pressure to demonstrate program value. We recently looked at what benefits Canadian organizations offer employees, and how those benefits are delivered, funded, and evaluated. Learn more at the link here: https://bit.ly/4tyLfFW

Leading up to World Intellectual Property Day, we looked at how the concentration of patent ownership in Canada compares with the U.S. across major tech areas, and what it signals about innovation and the commercialization potential. Read our latest analysis to see where the two countries differ in key patent holdings: https://bit.ly/4eMBdMK

This research is the latest from our Canadian Centre for the Innovation Economy, which aims to bring together key Canadian institutions across various sectors to research critical issues facing the innovation community and deliver data-driven insights to decision-makers. Thank you to our funding members for making this research possible.

Our work has shaped some of Canada’s most important economic decisions.

In 1989, we delivered one of the first comprehensive evaluations of the proposed GST. Our analysis contributed to lowering the rate from 9% to 7%.

And we kept building on that impact.

Between 2005 and 2007, our economists developed long-term fiscal forecasting models that helped governments plan for the future of health and education spending, informing decisions like increasing the Canada Health Transfer and setting a more sustainable path for social funding.

Read more in our Legacy Report: https://bit.ly/4sReByk

Les tendances en matière de fidélisation et de migration révèlent des défis croissants pour assurer au Canada une main-d’œuvre de la santé stable et bien répartie. Découvrez où les travailleurs restent en poste, migrent ou quittent le secteur. https://bit.ly/4vNztJc

Retention and migration trends reveal growing challenges in maintaining a stable and well-distributed healthcare workforce in Canada. Find out where workers are staying, moving to or if they’re leaving altogether. https://bit.ly/4u8vbuA

Les secteurs minier, pétrolier et gazier du Canada sont confrontés à une double réalité : l’automatisation permet d’atténuer les pénuries de main-d’œuvre et d’attirer une nouvelle génération de travailleurs vers les carrières en technologies de pointe, mais elle comporte aussi des risques importants pour les travailleurs dont les tâches sont particulièrement susceptibles d’être automatisées. Pour en savoir plus sur ce secteur et sur les pistes de solution possibles, cliquez ici : https://bit.ly/3QmGdxH