Conference Board of Canada

So the Canadian Psychological Association of which I work with, we have consistently tried to push that the federal government should incent employer coverage to be expanded through a tax credit strategy.

And this is something, for example, the Conference Board of Canada, now called Signal 49 Research, has embraced.

They've supported what we have asked, as have other organizations.

So we push in terms of trying to align tax policy, i.e. tax credits, to improve mental health and substance use health care.

I think groceries are an interesting one because the Bank of...

Uh, sorry, Conference Board of Canada and the Bank of Canada both did a study.

I'm going back maybe three, four years.

They said the biggest problem we have is lack of competition.

The review is required annually under the province's Employment Standards Act and will factor into any further adjustments to the minimum wage going forward.

A new report from Signal 49 Research, formerly the Conference Board of Canada, forecasts Newfoundland and Labrador's economy will expand by 3.7% in 2026, leading all provinces for a second consecutive year.

Ontario is expected to post the weakest growth nationally at 0.2%.

The report attributes Newfoundland and Labrador's performance to higher crude prices and offshore oil projects, while cautioning the longer-term growth will be constrained by demographic pressures.