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The annual RBC Small Business Poll reveals that the proportion of Canadians considering starting their own business rose to 51% this year, marking a five percentage point increase from 2023 – and an encouraging rebound following a previous two-year decline. https://lnkd.in/gKxSp2GM #business #news #smallbusiness #entrepreneurs RBC

Ottawa’s recent announcement to increase the limit for mortgage insurance and expand eligibility for longer amortization periods is a significant move — but one that needs to be accompanied by more action on driving the supply of housing, says Benjamin Tal, Managing Director and Deputy Chief Economist at CIBC. https://lnkd.in/gvhBukyt #business #news #housing #homes #mortgages #realestate #homeownership CIBC Benjamin Tal

A new report by TD Economics says Canada’s business dynamism is struggling to get back on its feet post-pandemic. Business dynamism was already on a downward trajectory before COVID-19, and now a slow rate of business entries and a rise in bankruptcies has revealed dynamism remains weak. https://lnkd.in/gTXU2WQR #business #news #smallbusiness #entrepreneurs TD

National home sales increased in June following the Bank of Canada’s first interest rate cut since 2020, and activity posted another small gain in August on the heels of the second rate cut in late July, but the bigger picture appears to be a market mostly stuck in a holding pattern, reported the Canadian Real Estate Association on Monday. https://lnkd.in/gMjxX9yM #business #news #housing #homes #realestate The Canadian Real Estate Association | L'Association canadienne de l'immobilier

A boost for new business: Futurpreneur raises loan amounts for young entrepreneurs up to $75,000. https://lnkd.in/diaBQmkG #business #news #smallbusiness #entrepreneurs #futurpreneurs BDC RBC

Liran Belenzon (he/him) is the CEO of BenchSci, a #biomedical artificial intelligence company he co-founded in 2016. BenchSci’s mission is to exponentially increase the speed and quality of life-saving #research, by empowering #scientists to design more successful #experiments. BenchSci has grown to over 300 people and raised more than $200 million from top #investors, including Google's Gradient Ventures and F-Prime. BenchSci works with 15 of the world's top 20 pharma companies, over 4,300 academic institutions, and more than 40,000 scientists. As #CEO, Liran strives to inspire people to be the best version of themselves and to make a positive impact on the world. Liran emigrated to #Toronto, Canada, and completed his MBA at The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. While at Rotman, he worked in the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), where he met BenchSci co-founders Tom Leung, David Chen, and Elvis Wianda. As a passionate #entrepreneur, Liran envisions a future where Toronto and Canada are global leaders in #entrepreneurship. Watch the #podccast at https://lnkd.in/gij-__4b #startup #techstartup #leadership #medicaltechnology #medtech Hosted by Philip Bliss

A new study from Payments Canada reveals that Canadian businesses have a higher rate of payment fraud compared to Canadian consumers at 20% versus 13%, respectively, although the types of fraud were similar for both segments. https://lnkd.in/gD5ZS5C5 #business #news #retail #fraud #creditcards #payments Payments Canada Donna Kinoshita