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Economics journo at The Canadian Press. @CdnPressNews Occasionally tweet D&D things. Reach me at [email protected]. (He/him)

Ottawa, Ontario
Joined November 2011
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Thank you for this wonderful article @CraigSLord! Thanks for running the piece CTV News! For the record I am ready to put The Electric Playground back into full production with some fresh faces and some vets and start visiting devs and studios every week. We need sponsors.
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Markets are pricing in three Bank of Canada rate hikes by year-end & yields on the two-year government bond are up 20 basis points. It's a major shift from Wednesday, when the BoC held rates and said it would look through the near-term oil shock bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @business
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Unemployment rose by 73K last month because Statistics Canada says more people who already did not have a job were looking for work. Net employment rose by 8,200 jobs. #cdnecon
BREAKING NEWS Statistics Canada jobs numbers just released show 73,000 jobs lost last month. Canada needs a real jobs plan now.
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So, I'm running for council in 2026 ... open.substack.com/pub/jchian…
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NEW: The Liberals will table the federal budget on Nov. 4, the finance minister announces in question period. #cdnpoli
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The organisers of Budapest Pride criticised the decision on social media. "This is not child protection, this is fascism," they wrote.
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Just a quick note to say: this was my last day at @globalnews after five really great years. It's been quite a run from the onset of the pandemic to taking on the finance beat at the very start of the Bank of Canada's rate-hike cycle. Thank you for following along.
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Thank you as well to everyone at Global News who have given me such support and helped me flourish on this beat. There are simply too many to name in a tweet. But I love the team of incredible journalists at Global who do so much with, too often, so little.
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Next week, I'll start a new role as the economics reporter and editor at the @CdnPressNews in Ottawa. Excited to keep breaking down the stories shaping our economy for Canadians. I'm sure there's something I can find to write about.
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The loonie dips briefly below the 70-cent USD mark this morning before Nov. inflation data is released. $CAD #cdnecon Via: xe.com/currencycharts/?from=…
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Ottawa's Shaw Centre renamed Rogers Centre Ottawa, not to be confused with Rogers Centre ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-s-s…
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A Toronto-area Burger King says it wants foreign workers to fill a restaurant manager position & it can't find domestic candidates - it's offering $48k/yr for the job. My story on why experts told me this trend is suppressing wages. @globalnews globalnews.ca/news/10808022/…
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The Liberals announce downpayment requirements for new insured mortgage cap: - 5% needed for the first $500K (same as before) - 10% for the remaining portion up to $1M (for a purchase price of $1.5M) That extends the previous rate for the $500K-$1M portion. #cdnpoli #cdnecon
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Inflation cools sharply to 2% in August, hitting Bank of Canada’s target, @CraigSLord reports. globalnews.ca/news/10759601/… #cdnpoli Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com
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LET HIM SPEAK 📢📢
Professional achievement unlocked: having my cat join me on national news as I comment on the current national rail lockout in Canada 🐱
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