Down to Business
Down to Business
Postmedia
Welcome to Down to Business, the Financial Post podcast that brings you deep-dives on Canada's economy, and explains the biggest business stories of the day through interviews with newsmakers. Hosted by Gabe Friedman.
What's ahead for Canada's energy sector as new era of nation-building dawns
This episode of Down to Business explores what's lies ahead for Canada's energy sector as the country enters a "generational opportunity" for economic development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 3, 2025
56 min
Is Canada setting itself up for a big home price spike in 2030?
Down to Business podcast talks to Mike Moffatt, founding director of the Missing Middle Initiative, about how the housing crisis started and where we could go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 26, 2025
40 min
Canada's auto industry at 'hinge moment'
On this episode of Down to Business, Stephen Beatty, a former Toyota Canada executive, describes the threats to the auto industry and solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 24, 2025
44 min
Canada gets wakeup call that world 'unstable and dangerous place'
Margaret MacMillan, emeritus professor of history at the University of Toronto, gives perspective on what Donald Trump's presidency means to Canada and the world  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 6, 2025
21 min
How the old trading rules are failing Canada
Lawrence Herman, who spent decades practicing international trade law, explains how anti-dumping remedies aren't working for Canadian companies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 25, 2025
24 min
'No way Canada can win a trade war:' John Manley  shares some hard truths
John Manley, the former federal minister who managed our relationship with the U.S. at the highest levels, says Donald Trump's tariff threats are a 'really loud wakeup call' for Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2025
26 min
How Trump is pouring gas on the fire of de-globalization
Meredith Lilly, a trade adviser under former prime minister Stephen Harper, says the world is on the cusp of a new trade order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 14, 2025
29 min
The Delivery Economy explodes: Looking for a relief valve in the delivery economy as traffic grows - Part 2
In episode two of The Delivery Economy, Gabe speaks with Ivan Waissbluth. Fed up with traffic in Toronto, Waissbluth co-founded NRBI, which has been building a rapidly growing fleet of electric cargo bikes to deliver goods around the city's dense core. Then a bike courier with decades of experiences tells Gabe what it’s like to ride a bike around Toronto, and how conditions have changed for bike couriers in the past 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2024
21 min
The Delivery Economy explodes: A Down to Business deep dive - Part 1
In the first episode of The Delivery Economy, Down to Business host Gabe Friedman explores the astonishing economics of e-commerce with the CEOs of two Canadian companies.Sylvia Ng discusses her decision to leave Shopify Inc and found ReturnBear in 2021 as she watched a growing number of companies struggle with the high level of returns from online sales; and Mark Ang explains how his decision to co-found a self-storage company in 2017 inadvertently set him up to build the logistics infrastructure and software that allows the largest brands in the world to sell goods online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2024
43 min
The Delivery Economy explodes: Reverberations throughout the economy & ceilings to online - Part 3
In the final episode of The Delivery Economy, Clarence Woudsma, a professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning, joins Gabe to explain how e-commerce is evolving and the trends that may lie ahead, from growth markets such as grocery to the shifting labour landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2024
13 min
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