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        <title><![CDATA[Jay Zhao-Murray - Former Canada Economics Data Editor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trudeau’s Immigration Plan Hinges on Millions of People Leaving]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Zhao-Murray]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Consumer Sentiment Among Older Canadians Hits 32-Month High]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Zhao-Murray]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Statistics Canada Resolves Web Outage After Trade Data Delay]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:55:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Statistics Canada Working to Fix Issue That Delayed Trade Report]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Zhao-Murray]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:56:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Number of Canadian Businesses Fell By Most Since Pandemic in June]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Hertzberg]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:23:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Canada Retail Sales on Pace for Third Quarter Rebound]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Zhao-Murray]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bank of Canada to Start Jumbo Rate Cuts by December, CIBC Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Hertzberg]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:46:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three Charts Show Canada Is Running Out of Jobs for Newcomers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:44:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Canada Household Spending Per Person Falls at Recession Pace]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Zhao-Murray]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:22:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A shopper carries a Lululemon bag in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Inflation in Canada decelerated to the slowest pace in more than three years, keeping the central bank on track to cut rates for a third straight meeting next month.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rail Shutdown’s Hit to Canada Seen Rising If Outage Lasts a Week]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Hertzberg]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Rail workers and supporters picket in front of Canadian National Railway Co. headquarters in Montreal on Thursday.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Migrant Workers Lured to Canada Are Being Scammed Out of Their Life Savings]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Desperate for a chance at a new beginning, newcomers are paying tens of thousands of dollars for mainly low-level jobs]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Zhao-Murray]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Canada’s temporary worker program was originally used to fill seasonal farming jobs.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Canadian Small Businesses Least Keen to Hire in Over Three Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A sign informing job-seekers of no employment outside a store in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. In Canada, a post-Covid explosion in foreign students has resulted in housing shortages and flawed academic programs being taught in strip malls.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Temporary Residents, New Immigrants Push Up Canada Unemployment]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:01:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hockey Helped Lift Canada’s Economy In April, StatsCan Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Zhao-Murray]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:14:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Immigration to Drive Canada’s Population Boom Over Next 50 Years]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Randy Thanthong-Knight]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedestrians in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, June 7, 2024. Amalgamated Transit Union has reached a framework settlement with the Toronto Transit Commission, the union said in a statement, avoiding a strike that threatened to disrupt more than 1.5 million commuters.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Home Affordability to Improve in Canada as Rates Fall and Incomes Rise, BMO Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:33:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Homes for sale in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Rising housing costs have driven tens of thousands of Canadians to Alberta in search of cheaper real estate. While the influx has bolstered parts of the economy, it has crowded schools and driven up costs for residents.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stocks, Real Estate Push Canada Household Net Worth to New High]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Canada Needs ‘Laser-Focused’ Productivity Plan, Dodge Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Dhillon Kane]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:31:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Canada Gets New Ambassador From China As Tensions Persist]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:54:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Canada Border Agents Reach Tentative Deal to Avert Strike]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Zhao-Murray]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:37:06 GMT</pubDate>
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