Category: Economy

CORRIERE CANADESE / “In arrivo ripresa dell’economia, tassi sotto al 3% entro metà 2025”

TORONTO – L’economia canadese tornerà a crescere, mentre i tassi d’interesse sono destinati a calare nel 2025. È quanto prevede un rapporto di Deloitte Canada che mette in luce come il prossimo anno quasi tutti i comparti della nostra economia registreranno una crescita, mettendosi alle spalle le difficoltà registrate negli ultimi due anni… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Less immigration and few children due to the crisis: and the population growth slows

TORONTO – Canada’s population growth slowed slightly in the final quarter of the year, the first time since 2020, when the number of people entering the country nearly stopped, as Canada closed its borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The slowdown in growth, reported on Wednesday by Statistics Canada, is due to the recent crackdown on immigration by the federal government (which has progressively reduced the number of international students and the number of temporary foreign workers due to the “housing crisis”) and, at the same time, to the further decline in births. Two factors which, when combined, become “explosive” (in a negative sense), given that international migration almost entirely represents the increase in the Canadian population. (more…)

For Canadians in big cities, “making ends meet is tougher and tougher”

TORONTO – The main concern of Canadians living in big cities is the high cost of living. Any price is considered too high: that of rent, that of utilities, that of groceries. This is what emerges from a new survey conducted by Maru Public Opinion for CityNews between August 29 and September 6, 2024 among a random selection of 1,801 adults living in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.  (more…)

UN, spotlight on Meloni: and she is aiming for Space

NEW YORK – The spotlight is all on her: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is the protagonist of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly underway in New York while we are writing this article. Indeed, the President of the Italian Council of Ministers was awarded the Global Citizen Award 2024, a prestigious award given every year by the Atlantic Council: the award ceremony is scheduled for 7 pm, today, during a gala organized for the occasion. But the news is double: in fact, not only Meloni is awarded, but she receives the prix directly from the hands of Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, X (Twitter) and SpaceX (and a great supporter of Donald Trump in the presidential elections USA). (more…)