
> Canada’s main stock index moved to within reach of a record high as cannabis and renewable energy stocks got a lift from Democrats winning control of the U.S. Senate and crude oil closed above US$50 a barrel, boosting energy stocks for a second day in a row. …

> A great banking strategy for years has been the ability to lock in investors in a five-year GIC at a lower rate than the five-year mortgage rate charged to a borrower. Assuming the mortgage is secured, with very little risk, the bank can lock in what was trad…

> Purpose Investments CEO Som Seif talks with the Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about alternative assets for attractive returns in 2021.
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## [Corporate directors see broader economic recovery taking more than two years, survey finds: Barbara Shecter](https://financialpost.com/news/fp-street/corporate-directors-see-broader-economic-recovery-taking-more-than-two-years-survey-finds)
> A majority of Canadian corporate directors believe it will take more than two years for the economy to fully recover from the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but many are more optimistic about their own firms’ prospects, according to a survey cond… ## [Producers slam Enbridge's efforts to set Mainline contracts before competitors' extensions completed: Geoffrey Morgan](https://financialpost.com/commodities/producers-slam-enbridges-efforts-to-set-mainline-contracts-before-competitors-extensions-completed)
> The former chairman of the National Energy Board has blasted an application by Enbridge Inc. to change how its oil pipeline network operates, calling it an attempt to fend off competition from new pipelines. Roland Priddle, the former chair and bo… ## [Quebec manufacturing sector warns against locking down industry to stop COVID spread - Financial Post: The Canadian Press](https://financialpost.com/news/economy/quebec-manufacturing-sector-warns-against-locking-down-industry-to-stop-covid-spread)
>- Quebec manufacturing sector warns against locking down industry to stop COVID spread Financial Post
- With COVID-19 cases soaring, Quebec government considers imposing curfew CBC.ca
- Health experts say a lockdown in Quebec is long o…
## [Agnico Eagle bulks up Arctic presence with purchase of troubled TMAC mine: Gabriel Friedman](https://financialpost.com/commodities/mining/agnico-eagle-bulks-up-arctic-presence-with-purchase-of-troubled-tmac-mine)
> Toronto-based Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. has agreed to buy a faltering gold mine in Nunavut just weeks after the federal government blocked a Chinese company’s offer for the goldfield on national security grounds. Agnico will p… ## [Robert Kokonis: More mergers and acquisitions on horizon for airlines: Larysa Harapyn](https://financialpost.com/transportation/airlines/robert-kokonis-more-mergers-and-acquisitions-on-horizon-for-airlines)
> Robert Kokonis, President and Managing Director of AirTrav, Inc, speaks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about how Canadian airlines can get back to business as usual post-pandemic.- Amazon buys 11 aircraft to expand air cargo fleet, f…
## [Kevin Carmichael: The sleeper issue that will determine the future of Canada's economic success: Kevin Carmichael](https://financialpost.com/news/economy/kevin-carmichael-the-sleeper-issue-that-will-determine-the-future-of-canadas-economic-success)
> Eyes roll on Bay Street when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers describe old-fashioned government spending as “investment,” but Ottawa has a good riposte: someone has to do it. “Businesses are reluctant to make big bets,” indu… ## [Diane Francis: Re-politicizing CPP would be a disaster: Diane Francis](https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-re-politicizing-cpp-would-be-a-disaster)
> Bill C-231 would return us to the days when the CPP was a slush fund governments recklessly borrowed from until it became virtually insolvent ## [David Rosenberg: Behold the most speculative and momentum-driven market on record: David Rosenberg](https://financialpost.com/investing/investing-pro/david-rosenberg-behold-the-most-speculative-and-momentum-driven-market-on-record)
> It is difficult to believe we could have experienced such human misery and see the Nasdaq soar 44 per cent in 2020 and the S&P 500 by 16 per cent. The Nasdaq has now enjoyed a 94-per-cent two-year surge, something that last happened in 1998-99. Ta… ## [Repairing U.S. relationship with Canada should be Biden's top trade priority: Former U.S. ambassador: Larysa Harapyn](https://financialpost.com/news/economy/repairing-u-s-relationship-with-canada-should-be-bidens-top-trade-priority-former-u-s-ambassador)
> Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman talks to the Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about what Joe Biden’s presidency will mean to the United States, Canada and the world.- Ten ways COVID-19 has changed the world economy forever
## ['I think there's hope': New Ontario finance minister Peter Bethlenfalvy to focus on economic recovery post-pandemic: Barbara Shecter](https://financialpost.com/news/i-think-theres-hope-new-ontario-finance-minister-peter-bethlenfalvy-to-focus-on-economic-recovery-post-pandemic)
> Peter Bethlenfalvy is pledging to keep a steady hand on the tiller of Ontario’s finances after his sudden elevation to the job of finance minister last week, alongside his role as treasury board president, in the wake Rod Phillips’ resignation. “G…
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