Happy Canada Day
Prime Minister Mark Carney's message to Canadians celebrating Canada
Day.
Prince Edward
praises Canada's achievements in July 1 speech
Canada Day
celebrations in Ottawa – July 1, 2025
Alberta and
Saskatchewan Just Made a Huge SEPARATION Announcement!
From Statscan
The Weekly Review, June 9 to 13, 2025
June 13, 2025, 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Canadian-resident return trips from the United States by automobile
decline in May 2025
In May, the number of Canadian-resident return trips by automobile
from the United States totalled 1.3 million, a steep decline
(-38.1%) from the same month in 2024. In May 2025, Canadian-resident
return trips by air from abroad stood at 1.6 million, down 3.7% from
the same month one year earlier. Although Canadian-resident return
trips from overseas countries increased (1.1 million; +9.8% from May
2024), return trips by air from the United States declined in May
2025 (488,800; -24.2%).
Source: Leading indicator of international arrivals to Canada, May
2025
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories lead sales
decreases in April 2025
Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other
hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) fell 2.3% to $84.0
billion in April. Sales decreased in six of the seven subsectors,
representing 81.6% of total wholesale sales. The largest decrease
came from the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories
subsector (-6.5% to $14.3 billion). In April, seven provinces
reported a decrease in wholesale sales, with Ontario (-2.1% to $43.4
billion) leading the way.
Source: Wholesale trade, April 2025
New zero-emission vehicle registrations experience first
year-over-year decline since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
Canadians registered 426,872 new motor vehicles in the first quarter
of 2025, an increase of 2.9% from the first quarter of 2024 and a
decrease of 3.8% from the fourth quarter of 2024. In the first
quarter, 37,299 new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) were registered,
making up 8.7% of all new motor vehicle registrations. This
represents a decrease of 23.1% compared with the same period one
year earlier, marking the first year-over-year decline in new ZEV
registrations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: New motor vehicle registrations, first quarter 2025
Impact of extreme weather and natural disasters in 2023
In 2023, 23% of Canadian households reported having experienced an
extreme weather event or a natural disaster. The most frequently
reported impact of extreme weather was poor air quality (58%),
followed by a loss of power for less than 24 hours (46%). About 15%
of households affected by an extreme weather event reported having
damage to their dwelling, with households in the Maritime provinces
being most likely to report experiencing this. Households in the
Maritime provinces were also most likely to report having power
outages lasting longer than 24 hours and more likely report having
had to throw out food.
Source: Households and the Environment Survey, 2023
From 1981 to 2024, median real hourly wages grew four times faster
in full-time jobs than in part-time jobs From 1981 to 2024, median
real hourly wages grew by 20%, with most of this growth occurring
after 2003. Median real hourly wages in full-time jobs—jobs that
involve at least 30 work hours per week—grew by 24%. In contrast,
median real hourly wages in part-time jobs increased by 6%.
Source: Wages in Canada, 1981 to 2024
Fresh food sales at general merchandise retailers increase at triple
the pace of those at food and beverage retailers Fresh foods and
other perishables continued to make up a higher proportion of sales
among food and beverage retailers than general merchandise retailers
from 2023 to 2024. Over the same period, fresh food sales increased
by $1.6 billion (+2.7%) to $62.2 billion for food and beverage
retailers and by $1.6 billion (+8.0%) to $22.2 billion for general
merchandise retailers. Though sales for both retailer types
increased by the same amount, the near-triple rate of increase among
general merchandise retailers may suggest a consumer shift toward
seeking better deals.
Source: Inflation slowed in 2024, but Canadians continued to shift
their grocery shopping habits
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Canada’s Divorce: Did Alberta &
Saskatchewan Just Filed Their Separation Papers? What Happens Next
We dive into how Alberta and Saskatchewan are laying down legal
groundwork for sovereignty while Mark Carney runs economic
PowerPoints and Steven Guilbeault dreams of a fossil-free
fantasyland. Buckle up — because this isn’t just Western alienation…
it’s Western escalation.
We learn some more about dairy tariffs
in this video...
Lessons for Canada from Spain's Grid
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on creating a
national power grid that will include a high percentage of renewable
energy. There are lessons to be learned from the April 28 power grid
blackout in Spain and Portugal that was, in part, caused by wind and
solar. Duncan Burt of Reactive Technologies talks about the causes
of that blackout and what must be done to prevent future problems.
