The minimum wage is set to increase in five Canadian provinces and territories effective April 1, 2026. Workers in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Yukon, as well as workers in federally regulated sectors, will be the beneficiaries of the minimum wage increases. Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec will see increases to their minimum wage later in the year. Nova Scotia will institute an inflation-plus-one-percent formula, bringing the minimum...

Contrary to expectations, a new Statistics Canada report shows that the Canadian economy lost 84,000 jobs in February, bringing the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent after 12 straight months of ‘almost no job growth.’ This represents one of the worst monthly job losses outside of the pandemic. The decline was dominated by a loss of full-time and private sector jobs, many of which were in goods and services-producing industries. Wholesale and retail trade was down 18,000, construction lost...

According to a new report by Statistics Canada, Canadians are buying and drinking less alcohol and younger generations are leading the way as the country faces its largest annual drop in beer, wine, and spirits sales over the last 20 years. Sales of alcoholic beverages fell 1.6 percent to $25.8 billion in the 2024-2025 fiscal year, despite a 1.6 percent increase in prices during the same period. Sales by volume dropped for the fourth consecutive year as well. On average, Canadians bought the...

The Board of Directors of the Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) has appointed a new president to drive national growth and supply chain innovation. Effective February 18, 2026, Dr. Georgette Zinaty, a globally recognized expert in leadership, innovation, and diversity, will take the helm of the organization. The timing is right too, given the crucial juncture the Canadian economy finds itself at. Dr. Zinaty will lead the organization through a bold new strategic phase that...

After announcing plans to split the company into two entities in September of last year, Kraft Heinz is pausing the idea with new CEO Steve Cahillane citing “very compelling” reasons to do so. At the time, due to deteriorating conditions in the food industry, the company felt it was necessary to have one company focused on groceries and the other on sauces and spreads, but the challenges have been deemed “fixable and within our control,” which has resulted in the pause. The company has failed...

After reaching a $23 million agreement with parent company Diageo, Ontario Premier Ford is walking back on his threat to remove Crown Royal from the shelves of LCBOs in the province, his original response to the company’s decision to shutter a bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ontario, which impacted roughly 200 jobs. While the $23 million will support investment, it will not see those jobs replaced. “By standing firm in our plan to protect Ontario workers, we’ve secured nearly $23 million in...