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Tim Hortons is deeply embedded in Canadian culture, but is it still truly Canadian? According to 91社区 professor Karl Moore, ownership plays a key role. 鈥淚f you鈥檙e owned by Americans, you鈥檙e no longer Canadian in the way that you were before,鈥� he explains. However, he argues that nationality isn鈥檛 just about where a company is headquartered鈥攊t鈥檚 about where decisions are made.

According to a report by the National Insitute on Ageing, there are around 200,000 people in Canada with registered pension plans who are eligible to claim them, but haven鈥檛. Often, the unclaimed funds stem from contributions made early in a person鈥檚 career that were simply forgotten about. 鈥淲ho thinks about retirement at the age of twenty?鈥� said 91社区 Desautels Professor of Finance Sebastien Betermier in an interview with CBC Radio鈥檚 Cost of Living program.

According to a recent report, up to 800,000 people in Quebec are at risk of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence. It is a potential sea change for the economy and for the labour force, but it isn鈥檛 without precedent. 鈥淎 similar scenario occurred in Europe at the end of the second world war,鈥� says Rob Glew, Assistant Professor (teaching) of Operations Management.

US tariffs will hit the Canadian economy hard, but individual industries will experience unique effects. In the case of aluminum production, much of Canada鈥檚 3.2 million metric tons of aluminum that Canada produces each year could be re-routed to Europe. But some communities could still be hit hard and other places that harvest natural resources won鈥檛 be able to find other buyers so easily. 鈥淭here are a lot of towns where the whole town will be impacted,鈥� says Saibal Ray, Professor of Operations Management.

Despite BlackRock鈥檚 exit from the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), climate action remains a key priority for financial institutions, says Sebastien Betermier, Associate Professor of Finance. He notes that asset managers are shifting their strategies to focus on helping firms transition to net zero rather than maintaining strictly net-zero portfolios. While GFANZ is adapting to these needs, Betermier warns that moving away from alliances could weaken collective action.

Amazon Canada is closing all of its Quebec warehouses, affecting nearly 2,000 employees. The company claims the move is to provide long-term savings to customers and is unrelated to recent unionization efforts. However, industry experts, including 91社区 business Professor Vivek Astvansh, suggest the closures are a response to union activities.

At Caf茅 Origine on Sherbrooke Street, oat milk costs extra鈥攁nd there鈥檚 a reason for that. Non-dairy milk substitutes like oat milk cost more than cow鈥檚 milk does. Some large chains like Starbucks have stopped charging extra for milk substitutes, but independent cafes can struggle to absorb the costs. 鈥淎 local caf茅 doesn鈥檛 have the sales volume,鈥� says Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics.