MEDIA: Celebrating 3 Years on CBC News Network!
Pleased to be celebrating three years of regular appearances on the CBC News Network Weekend Business Panel! Our panel reviews the week in business every Saturday morning after the 10 AM news (Eastern Time), discussing a diverse array of topics. Here’s just a sample of topics where I’ve provided commentary on air over the past three years:
- The story of 2020: Business in times of COVID-19 (too many links to post here, as the global pandemic impacts every aspect of our lives)
- Diversity and Black Lives Matter
- Travel bubbles and re-opening the economy (still very much in the news)
- Facebook ad boycotts (big business finally steps up)
- The struggling tourism industry (as the world stays inside)
- Ongoing retail troubles, as stores big and small cease operations
- Interest rate cuts in challenging economic times
- New NAFTA reaches the finish line (but, implementation would take a while longer; talked about that too!)
- Removing the cap on cannabis shops in Ontario
- Business and the Federal election
- The CN Rail Strike
- The final chapter for Sears
- The gender gap, globally and in business (and the alarming estimate that women won’t have equality for 100 years or more)
- Small business tax changes (remember those?)
- NAFTA, NAFTA, and more NAFTA
- Falcon Heavy, Spacex, and Tesla’s wild ride (a personal favorite!)
- Humans Wanted: automation, disruption, and the future in jobs
- Millennials and home ownership, impacting real estate, rates, and more
- Google Duplex and artificial intelligence
- G7 analysis on the fly (the fun of live TV!)
- Bombardier’s latest competitive threat
- The Global Financial Crisis 10 years later
- Cannabis in the workplace
- Back to the future: Amazon’s toy catalogue
- Huawei, Canada, and China: early days of conflict and trade implications (still a story in 2020)
- Turmoil in Venezuela
- Shorting Canada’s banks
- Breaking News: Canada, US eliminate steel tariffs (live TV means commentating in real time)
- Where’s the beef? Beyond Meat’s ongoing attention
- The Raptors (and businesses) win big
- Facebook’s big fine
What I love about this format is the significant range of topics that impact every aspect of our lives and world, as we follow the news cycle. My favourite stories? Those that can be tied to a broad range of factors: politics, global trends, how we live, and the future. This brings valuable context, and yes, it’s critical to be able to view through a strategic lens in order to see the connection points.
2020 has brought its own unique twist, as COVID-19 has resulted in those in the media reporting from their home studios, a new way to connect on air. CBC News Network has also been streaming globally, bringing our work to a new and broader range of viewers.
Sincere thanks to everyone at CBC News Network and our audience for watching. It is my privilege to bring business news to you in a time that is still very much unfolding and one that I expect we will not soon forget. Stay well, everyone!
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