Tariff uncertainty interferes with business investment

Published: 2 May 2025

Ever since Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement, stock markets have been volatile. The tariffs impact thousands of companies, and with the exact scale and scope of tariffs changing...

US steel and aluminum tariffs will hurt aluminum-dependant towns in Quebec

Published: 21 February 2025

Imposing a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum could disrupt supply chains and drive up prices for everything from auto parts to canned goods. But for some towns in Quebec, the impact could be even...

McGill SGI’s Annual Grand Challenge winners tackle greenwashing in Canada’s energy transition

Published: 21 March 2025

At the McGill Desautels we believe in empowering students to tackle real-world challenges through innovation and collaboration. Last week, the McGill Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI), anchored...

Canada’s big pension funds hold lessons for funds elsewhere

Published: 27 March 2025

Canada’s big pension funds are the envy of fund managers in other countries. They’re something that the UK’s defined contribution plance could aspire to, writes Padraig Floyd in Pensions Expert. ...

SAQ stops selling dozens of Quebec-made gins

Published: 16 April 2025

Gin is a classic British spirit, but dozens of Quebec distillers have taken to making it their own, embracing James Bond’s favourite drink. The SAQ, however, is not doing Quebec’s gin distillers...

As climate research faces uncertainty, SUSANHub.com is a safe haven for data

Published: 15 May 2025

Just six months ago, researchers at McGill launched SUSANHub.com, a platform for sustainability researchers to share their work. The platform has grown quickly and now counts more than 39,000...

Emerging tech can help make business’ more resilient

Published: 13 June 2025

Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence have the power to boost business’ efficiency, but they can also make an organizations more resilient....

Online news act has negative effect on small publishers

Published: 13 February 2025

The online news act was designed with legitimate objectives: enhancing fairness, supporting press independence, and promoting a diversity of news sources. Unfortunately, it has had some unintended...

Retaliatory tariffs are economically unwise, but politically expedient

Published: 12 March 2025

With the United States both threatening and imposing tariffs, Canada has responded with counter-tariffs of its own. But could these measures do more harm than good?“Retaliatory tariffs are just a...

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