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Statistics Canada released revised data for the first quarter of 2026, showing the economy actually grew by 0.3 per cent. Previously, the agency reported annualized real gross domestic product had contracted by 0.1 per cent in that quarter, which had marked two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, meeting the technical definition of a recession.

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Christian Weedbrook, chief executive officer of Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., with the Aurora modular quantum computer at the company's office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. What will set the advanced manufacturing facility apart is its scale and function, said Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc. founder and chief executive Christian Weedbrook. Photo by Galit Rodan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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The federal government is investing $195 million in Toronto-based Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.’s advanced manufacturing facilities to help it build a quantum data centre and boost Canada’s cutting-edge technology supply chain, Ottawa announced on Friday.

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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium August 28, 2026 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium Aug. 28, 2026 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images

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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh just called U.S. inflation “concerning,” and his concern has a way of becoming Canada’s concern. Bond markets took it badly, with U.S. five-year yields vaulting to a two-and-a-half-year high.

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The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) headquarters in the financial district of Toronto on April 24, 2025. The Royal Bank of Canada headquarters in the financial district of Toronto. Photo by Laura Proctor/Bloomberg

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Employers too often investigate backwards. They decide that an employee has to go and then assemble a way to justify the decision, writes Howard Levitt.

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If your goal is reducing your annual tax bill, you may benefit from a strategy that uses asset location to guide asset allocation, experts say. If your goal is reducing your annual tax bill, you may benefit from a strategy that uses asset location to guide asset allocation, experts say. Photo by Getty Images/iStockphoto

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FP Answers: People often need to weigh the benefits of realizing taxable income today against deferring taxes to the estate later.

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