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Open this photo in gallery:Canadian households in the top 20 per cent of earners saved about a third of their disposable income last year, while those in the bottom 60 per cent were spending beyond their incomes, according to a C. Fred Lum/The Globe and MailCanada’s national measures of household debt, already some of the highest among advanced economies, conceal growing financial pain among lower-income households, young people and highly indebted homeowners, according to new research. An analysis by Mawakina Bafale and Peter MacKenzie at the C. Howe Institute found that Canadians’ ability to save and repay debt is sharply divided across income and generational lines.

BusinessWhile U. S.-owned Stelco insists its plan to lay off up to 500 workers in Hamilton and Nanticoke, Ont., is only a temporary consequence of the Canada-U. S. trade war, new technologies and demand dynamics are working in concert with tariff-related headwinds to compress the industry’s once-robust workforce. Number of jobs in Canada's primary steel manufacturing industry have roughly halved since 2003Jeff Lagerquist · CBC News · Posted: Oct 18, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Mike Watt, whose career at Stelco spans 20 years, stands outside Stelco Hamilton Works after receiving a layoff notice on Oct. 9. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)Stelco Holdings laid off 85 employees at the end of last week, according to union leader Ron Wells. The week before, he says the company issued 90 layoff notices. While the U. S.-owned steelmaker insists its plan to lay off up to 500 workers in Hamilton and Nanticoke, Ont., is only a temporary consequence of the Canada-U. S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s nation-building projects will require a strong international talent pool, one put at risk by blunt immigration cuts, says Larissa Bezo of the Canadian Bureau for International Education. Newcomers have been tied, fairly or not, to many of Canadians’ socioeconomic woes in recent years, prompting Ottawa to slam the brakes on the country’s rapid immigration growth. International students were blamed by many Canadians for the affordable housing crisis; foreign workers for depressing wages and stealing jobs; and asylum seekers for draining government resources.

Save-On-Foods is shown here in this fille photo. Some B. C. grocery store customers are being warned they may be victims of a cybersecurity breach.

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