Five business events to watch this week
The future, revealed:
Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains will announce a “major investment” in 5G technology on Monday.
Latest trade figures:
Statistics Canada releases the wholesale trade figures for January on Monday. Wholesale sales numbers for the previous month missed economists expectations of 0.4 per cent growth, instead falling 0.5 per cent in December, the first decrease in three months.
Another one rides the bus:
Transit bus manufacturer New Flyer Industries releases fourth-quarter and year-end results on Wednesday.
Rise of the superfoods:
AGT Food and Ingredients discusses fourth-quarter and year-end results on Wednesday. The company, is a supporter of Protein Industries Canada, one of five superclusters chosen by Ottawa to receive money from a $950-million fund aimed at spurring economic opportunity in high-value investments.
Whose streets?
Sidewalk Toronto will hold its first public roundtable meeting on Tuesday. The subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet plans to build an experimental mixed-use “digital neighbourhood” on Toronto’s waterfront using data analysis, sensors, automated vehicles and heated bike lanes.