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This week in Canada – Week-
Ending – February 14, 2015
By: Paul Young, CPA, CGA
Agenda
• New Contracts for Business
• Steel Industry
• Commodity Prices
• Virtual Reality Business
• Hydro Power
• Equity Markets
• China
• Housing Prices/Canada
• Household Spending
Key Contracts
• Bombardier secures $391M Edmonton LRT contract - Canadian
Manufacturing
• Feds to invest $837K in Cutler Forest Products (Toronto)
• CN details plan to invest $2.9B capital expenditures for 2016
• New Flyer bus contract with Los Angeles Transit (Winnipeg, MB)
Steel Sector
• Europe and China (Steel Dumping)
• Essar (Sault Ste Marie Steel Company) looks for buyer
Commodity Prices
Virtual Reality Business
• What is Virtual Reality
• Virtual reality or virtual realities (VR), which can be referred to as immersive
multimedia or computer-simulated reality, replicates an environment that simulates
a physical presence in places in the real world or an imagined world, allowing the
user to interact in that world. Virtual realities artificially create sensory experiences,
which can include sight, touch, hearing, and smell.
• Size of Market
• $80 Billion
• Gaming and entertainment will drive much of the growth, but car makers, retailers
and even interior designers could bank on VR technology
• Since 2010, $4 billion in venture capital has flowed into 353 deals in the VR sector,
according to VC and private equity researcher PitchBook. In 2015 alone, $708 million
flowed into 144 deals.
Hydro Power Outlook
Equity Markets
China
Housing Prices / Canada
Household Spending/Canada
Household Spending/Canada
US Retail Sales – January 2016

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This week in canada – week ending – february 14 2016

  • 1. This week in Canada – Week- Ending – February 14, 2015 By: Paul Young, CPA, CGA
  • 2. Agenda • New Contracts for Business • Steel Industry • Commodity Prices • Virtual Reality Business • Hydro Power • Equity Markets • China • Housing Prices/Canada • Household Spending
  • 3. Key Contracts • Bombardier secures $391M Edmonton LRT contract - Canadian Manufacturing • Feds to invest $837K in Cutler Forest Products (Toronto) • CN details plan to invest $2.9B capital expenditures for 2016 • New Flyer bus contract with Los Angeles Transit (Winnipeg, MB)
  • 4. Steel Sector • Europe and China (Steel Dumping) • Essar (Sault Ste Marie Steel Company) looks for buyer
  • 6. Virtual Reality Business • What is Virtual Reality • Virtual reality or virtual realities (VR), which can be referred to as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated reality, replicates an environment that simulates a physical presence in places in the real world or an imagined world, allowing the user to interact in that world. Virtual realities artificially create sensory experiences, which can include sight, touch, hearing, and smell. • Size of Market • $80 Billion • Gaming and entertainment will drive much of the growth, but car makers, retailers and even interior designers could bank on VR technology • Since 2010, $4 billion in venture capital has flowed into 353 deals in the VR sector, according to VC and private equity researcher PitchBook. In 2015 alone, $708 million flowed into 144 deals.
  • 13. US Retail Sales – January 2016

Editor's Notes

  1. https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/essar-steel-algoma-looks-for-new-owner-187254 http://www.euractiv.com/section/competition/news/eu-hits-china-with-new-steel-anti-dumping-probes/
  2. http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/
  3. http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/14/virtual-reality-could-become-an-80b-industry-goldman.html http://www.inc.com/jeremy-quittner/best-industries-2016-virtual-reality.html
  4. Renewable Energy World. com
  5. BMO/Bloomberg
  6. Mining Weekly
  7. Stats Canada
  8. Stats Canada
  9. Scotia Bank