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Empowering SMEs to Invest, Scale and Compete: The Next Step for Canada’s Economy

The Senate Banking Committee started a new study this week on access to credit and capital markets for small- and medium-sized enterprises.  The Senator Tony Loffreda writes about it in his latest column, urging Canada to seize the opportunity before us to empower SMEs to invest, scale and compete.

OTTAWA – The end of the year is always a time for reflection — a moment to take stock of our successes, our setbacks, and the work ahead. This year, that reflection carries added weight as we assess Canada’s position at the twenty-five-year mark of the 21st century, an era defined by technological acceleration, geopolitical realignment, and economic uncertainty. The stability we once assumed is no longer guaranteed, and the global economic order is shifting beneath our feet. 

The Canadian healthcare disaster: 23,746 patients died on waitlists in the past year

TORONTO – 23,746 deaths, including 10,634 in Ontario, 6,290 in Quebec, and 4,620 in British Columbia. This isn’t a war report, and perhaps it’s even worse, given that we’re talking about patients who were on waiting lists for surgery or diagnostic procedures. In a healthcare system worthy of any civilized country, they would have been operated on and/or treated promptly; in Canada, instead, the wait for the surgery/treatment was so long that, in the end, they died. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Reckless Adventures, the theme in new Rom-Com

TORONTO – It wasn’t too long ago that the Romantic Comedy genre or “Rom-Coms” were major studio productions which enjoyed massive marketing pushes and wide releases. From the 1990s to the mid 2000s, the genre drew audiences using classic meet-cute encounters and feel-good romance tropes. But the hopeful optimism of those 90s Rom-Coms reflected a time period still unaffected by the Internet, and its diabolical offspring – “social media”… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

No more “bail-jumpers” in Ontario: the Province to require cash security deposits to improve bail compliance

TORONTO – Hard times ahead for “bail-jumpers” in Ontario: the provincial government led by Doug Ford will soon introduce legislation that would require an accused person or their surety to provide a cash security deposit in the full amount ordered by the court. This initiative would improve bail compliance, keep violent, repeat offenders behind bars and make it easier for the province to collect forfeited bail payments when bail conditions are violated.