Canada Has Everything, Except Urgency: Goldy Hyder on Canada’s Economic Drift

Canada Has Everything, Except Urgency: Goldy Hyder on Canada’s Economic Drift

December 8, 2025 · 31 min · Season 1 · Episode 26

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Giles Gherson interviews Goldy Hyder about Canada's economic challenges and future prospects.

In this year-end episode of Toronto Talks, Giles Gherson sits down with Goldy Hyder, President & CEO of the Business Council of Canada, to look back on a tumultuous 2025 — and ahead to the choices Canada must confront in 2026. Together, they examine an uncomfortable paradox: a country with every structural advantage a modern economy should want still finds itself struggling to scale companies, attract investment, or remove the barriers it built for itself. As they reflect on the year, the...

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