Manufacturing Archives

Higher electricity costs disproportionally hurt southwestern Ontario

The suffering of those in the region should be a cautionary tale about how higher energy prices lower competitiveness and damage economic prosperity

Nationally, manufacturing sales rose 1.5 per cent to $53.8 billion in September

In Alberta, manufacturing sales fell by 1.3 per cent in August to $5.1 billion and sales were off by 19.2 per cent year-over-year

In Alberta, manufacturing sales of $5.2 billion in July rose by 3 per cent month-over-month but remained down 18 per cent from a year ago

Sales were, however, still down by 22 per cent compared to February when the economic effects of COVID-19 were not yet a factor

In Alberta, manufacturing sales rose by 2.6 per cent to $4.7 billion. But that was still down by 32 per cent from a year ago