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On May 3, 2024, Canada Post Corporation released its Annual Report and recorded a loss before tax of $748 million for 2023. Canada Post’s mandate is to be financially self-sufficient and it is striving for ways to do that while facing continued challenges of lower revenue and volume trends. Canada Post continues to provide Canadians with affordable postal rates.
Global Affairs Canada's 2023 annual merchandise trade report was published on April 30. It analyzes Canada's trade performance at a detailed product and country level.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released its May 2024 Economic Outlook.
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In fiscal year 2024–25, what are the plans and priorities of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) to ensure economic growth and prosperity for Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
Published on May 1, 2024, the Centre for the Study of Living Standards Report on Early Childhood Educators Labour Shortage in Canada focuses on challenges associated with attracting and retaining qualified Early Childhood Educators. To address this problem, advocates have been calling for additional funding to improve wages, benefits and working conditions. The report evaluates this proposal's feasibility and broader economic impacts
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For the 2024 intake of the parents and grandparents program, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will invite potential sponsors from the remaining pool of Interest to Sponsor forms from 2020. Beginning May 21, 2024, over the course of approximately two weeks, IRCC will invite 35,700 potential sponsors to apply. The deadline to apply is August 2, 2024.