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12 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Vehicle production is plunging across the world as automakers struggle to get their hands on vital computer chips – posing a challenge to the industry's economic recovery.

The Canadian slowdown is especially severe.

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In August, light-vehicle production in Canada tumbled 38% from a year earlier, according to data from research firm Wards Intelligence.

Production in the U.S. fell 16% over the same span and in Mexico by 20%.

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Canada is on track to produce fewer vehicles this year than in 2020, when the industry came to a standstill.

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Analysts and industry veterans say the reason for Canada’s weaker trend is fairly simple: With a tight supply of chips, automakers are prioritizing their highest-margin vehicles – and those happen to be made in other markets.

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The fallout is evident in Canada’s labour market.

Nearly 10,000 jobs in auto manufacturing have yet to return, and the number of people getting jobless benefits through employment insurance remains high in places like Windsor, Ont.

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A generation ago, a middle-class income could buy you a detached home in a big city.

Now?

Folks are finding they need to set their sights further and further away from any downtown centre if they want to hold fast to that dream.

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12 Oct
Canada’s top military commander, Art McDonald, wants his job back.

He says he retains the moral authority to once again lead the Canadian forces after an investigation into a sexual-misconduct allegation cleared him of any charges.

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11 Oct
Wealth, not annual income, is driving purchases of costly homes by some of the lowest-paid workers in B.C., a new study suggests. The gap is stark in the province, where houses have been selling for well above $1-million in the Vancouver region for years.

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New data show typical buyers in the lowest income quintile, with a median income of $29,800, spent a median of $499,000 on a home in 2018, the report from CHSP said.

In comparison, middle quintile income of $97,600 spent a median of $490,000 on a home.

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6 Oct
Federal public servants who aren’t fully vaccinated against #COVID19 and don't have medical exemptions will be forced to take unpaid leave under a new vaccine mandate Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau will unveil Wednesday, sources say.

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Trudeau will also announce when a vaccine mandate will take effect for travellers on domestic flights, interprovincial trains and cruise ships, sources told The Globe.

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5 Oct
The 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist has been released. 📚

The prize awards $100,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel, graphic novel or short-story collection published in English, and $10,000 to each of the finalists.

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COVID-19 variants, especially the Delta variant, are substantially more dangerous than the native strain of the virus, a Canadian study finds.

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