Campbell Strategies
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The Future of Canada’s Capital Markets
Moderated by Barry Campbell. With guest speakers Mark Carney, Walied Soliman, Diane Kazarian, Kathy Butler, Stéphane Rousseau.
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Ontario Budget 2021: A Closer Look, Commentary and Analysis
Ontario’s 2021 Budget focuses on the two big issues: protecting people’s health, and, getting the economy back on track. The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the priorities of every government world-wide, and Ontario is no different. Key conservative philosophies such as balancing the budget, or encouraging business investment through strategic tax cuts, have largely been abandoned in…
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Rogers and Shaw may wish they hadn’t proposed a merger at all
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Ontario’s Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce Releases Final Report
The Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce released its final report today . The report makes a number of recommendations designed to amplify growth and competitiveness in Ontario’s capital markets and to address the decline in new issuers and initial public offerings. The Taskforce aims to reverse this trend and encourage more head offices, more entrepreneurs and more growth investment opportunities in…
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Pivoting north
Held in February 2021, Pivoting North was an online conference addressing what actions Canada must take now to affirm its sovereignty, address the health, welfare, and future of Indigenous peoples, and develop a sustainable economy in Canada’s North. Featuring leaders from politics, business, resource development, national security, and Indigenous peoples, such as: These leaders will…
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The digital currency arms race: Central banks enter the fray to protect national sovereignty
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The Gloves Are Off: Throne Speech Launches New Parliamentary Session
The Liberals are back in the House of Commons, at least for the next few days. Yesterday, a rag tag group of socially distant Liberal MPs (and a few opposition ones as well), honoured Parliamentary tradition and trudged across Wellington Street in Ottawa to stand like supplicants at the back of the Senate Chamber. There,…
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The death of cash is a problem for the Bank of Canada
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We Need To Plan For The World After COVID-19
In this thoughtful piece below, Campbell Strategies business associate, Steven Bright, urges us to start to think now about post COVID-19 economic and social reconstruction. The last time Canada faced a similar challenge and opportunity was in the aftermath of World War II. We have to think about the future before we get there and…
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Updated Government Measures To Combat The Economic Impact Of COVID-19
The federal government has made several new announcements and amendments to its direct support program for businesses and to support the retention of employees. The links below outline all of the initiatives announced to date. Please note that these programs are constantly being refined: Department of Finance https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/economic-response-plan.html Bank of Canada https://www.bankofcanada.ca/markets/market-operations-liquidity-provision/covid-19-actions-support-economy-financial-system/ OSFI https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/Eng/Pages/COVID-19.aspx If…