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The $2 Trillion Transition: Canada’s Road to Net Zero
October 20, 2021 [print-me] We know the consequences of climate change. We know the causes, too. We even know what can be done to address it. What we don’t know is how best to shift into gear to get there in time. It’s why RBC Economics and Thought Leadership set out on a year-long research project to map […]
The new challenges facing Canada’s small businesses
October 5, 2021 The majority of Canadian small businesses survived the pandemic, but their journey to a full recovery is far from complete. To put the crisis behind them, they’ll have to contend with its after-effects: added debt loads, supply-chain disruptions and labour shortages—not to mention the spectre of further COVID waves. They’ll also have to compete with […]
Powering Up: Preparing Canada’s skilled trades for a post-pandemic economy
September 14, 2021 Key Points 25% of Canada’s 4 million tradespeople will need to upgrade their skills within five years amid significant digital disruption.1 Canada will face a shortage of at least 10,000 workers in nationally recognized Red Seal trades over that period—a deficit that swells tenfold when 250 provincially regulated trades are included.2 The most severe shortages […]

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