Canada stuck in ‘population trap,’ needs to reduce immigration, bank economists say

[ad_1] Canada is caught in a “population trap” and needs to significantly rein in immigration to escape it, National Bank of Canada economists said on Monday, one of several such…

Sweden’s Northvolt picks Quebec for new multibillion-dollar EV battery factory

[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: Employees work at the Northvolt facility in Vasteras, Sweden, on Sept. 29, 2021.HELENA SODERPALM/Reuters Northvolt AB, a supplier of electric-vehicle batteries to Volkswagen and…

Opinion: Government bank rescues never went away. Just don’t call them bailouts – The Globe and Mail

[ad_1] The term bank “bailout” has disappeared from the financial lexicon. It implied taxpayer-funded rescues equivalent to the GDP of a small country, rescuing the rich from the fallout of…

Why the future of Taiga Motors, one of Canada’s brightest EV startups, remains fraught with risk

[ad_1] The Taiga performance team takes their Nomad Utility Snowmobile out on the trail in Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carre, Que.,, on March 2.Christinne Muschi/The Globe and Mail Ever since Taiga Motors Corp. TAIG-T…