COVID-19
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Scrambling for capacity
Carriers and shippers alike struggle to move freight by air
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Manufacturers slam border opening plan
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) is asking the government to remove all restrictions for manufacturing workers who need to cross the U.S.-Canada border
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Border workers holding strike votes amid border reopening plans
9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers are preparing for strike votes starting next week
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BRP raises full year guidance despite supply chain issues
Reported a profit of $244.4 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss a year ago
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Partial Yantian port closure causing delays
Ships waiting more than 14 days, Maersk reports
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OECD sees improved Canadian economic growth this year
Expects the Canadian economy to grow by 6.1 percent in 2021
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Federal agency ignored problems with PPE stockpiles before pandemic
The Public Health Agency of Canada couldn’t handle demand for PPE when Covid-19 began because it ignored years of warnings that emergency stockpile wasn’t properly managed, auditor general says
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Labour shortage slowing manufacturing recovery
Although many manufacturers are emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic on solid footing, a mounting skilled labour shortage threatens to delay the sector’s full recovery
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Worldwide transport activity to double by 2050
Study finds related emissions will rise by 16 percent compared to 2015
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Amazon on hiring spree in U.S.
Seeks to hire 75,000; offers US$100 to vaccinated hires