Canada predictions for 2020
Read 72 predictions about Canada in 2020, a year that will see this country experience significant change in its politics, economics, technology, culture, and environment. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
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International relations predictions for Canada in 2020
International relations predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
Politics predictions for Canada in 2020
Politics related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
Government predictions for Canada in 2020
Government related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
- Numerous amendments to the Canada Labour Code (CLC) will force employers to completely reassess how they manage harassment and violence in the workplace. Likelihood: 100%1
- With the Pay Equity Act coming into force, employers are now expected to identify and correct gender discrimination that may be present in their compensation practices and to adjust the wages of affected employees. Likelihood: 100%1
- To improve road safety, new regulations from Transport Canada mandates that trucks and buses now need to be outfitted with electronic stability control technology and mandatory electronic logging devices. Likelihood: 100%1
- Toronto councillor wants to sue big oil for climate change costs.Link
- Exclusive: Five Eyes intelligence alliance builds coalition to counter China.Link
- Transport Canada mandates new technologies for trucks and buses to improve safety Français.Link
- New workplace harassment law will be real 'game changer' for employers.Link
- Canada sets its first national carbon price at C$10 a tonne.Link
Economy predictions for Canada in 2020
Economy related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
- National housing prices rise by 1.9%. Likelihood: 70%1
- Canada joins the Asia-Pacific trade deal, otherwise known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade deal. Likelihood: 80%1
- The Bank of Canada to become the administrator of a key interest rate benchmark, the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA). Likelihood: 100%1
- Canada and 5 other nations pull trigger on world’s biggest trade deal — leaving America out in the cold.Link
- Canada sets its first national carbon price at C$10 a tonne.Link
- Boom, bust and economic headaches.Link
- Canada Revenue Agency monitoring Facebook, Twitter posts of some Canadians.Link
- Why seniors' debt levels are on the rise.Link
Technology predictions for Canada in 2020
Technology related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
- Rogers, a Canadian telecom, rolls out a nationwide LTE network (LTE-M) designed for devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). This network will serve as a platform to enable future consumer IoT applications such as wearables. Likelihood: 90%1
- 5G spectrum auctions to be sold between 2020 to 2021 to accelerate the build-out of a national 5G network. Likelihood: 100%1
- 5G internet connectivity to be introduced into major Canadian cities between 2020 to 2022. Likelihood: 80%1
- Rogers to launch LTE-based network for IoT devices.Link
- Huawei plans to deploy high-speed internet to Canada’s remote regions.Link
- Canadian government plans 5G future with 2018-2022 spectrum release timeline.Link
- 'A new focus for us': Canada's building code being modernized to address climate change.Link
- Canada sets its first national carbon price at C$10 a tonne.Link
Culture predictions for Canada in 2020
Culture related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
- Canadians with criminal records will have their cannabis-related convictions pardoned between 2020 and 2023. Likelihood: 80%1
- Canada's largest province, Ontario, to ban cellphones in classrooms. Likelihood: 100%1
- The number of Canadian households paying for at least one streaming video service will eclipse traditional TV subscribers. Likelihood: 90%1
- Canadian now spend more screen time on mobile phones than watching TV. Likelihood: 80%1
- Canada's largest province, Ontario, to make one credit of online courses mandatory for all high school students in a push to accelerate future e-learning initiatives. Likelihood: 90%1
Defense predictions for in 2020
Defense related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
- Exclusive: Five Eyes intelligence alliance builds coalition to counter China.Link
Infrastructure predictions for Canada in 2020
Infrastructure related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
- Between 2020 to 2021, the federal government will hold telecommunications auctions for wireless spectrums that can be used to build ultra-fast 5G networks. Likelihood: 100%1
- The Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion begins construction, eventually enabling a more efficient shipment of crude oil from Alberta to Vancouver and then out to Asian markets. It will also add 590,000 barrels of daily shipping capacity, a 15% boost to West Likelihood: 100%1
- The Canadian Farm Builders Association’s (CFBA) apply new farm building code requirements into the 2020 National Building Code update. Likelihood: 70%1
- Canada's largest solar energy project set to start construction and will eventually generate about 800 million kWh per year, enough to power 100,000 homes. Likelihood: 90%1
- To build climate change resilience, Canada updates its building codes with new guidelines for certifying the resiliency of roofs to extreme weather events. Likelihood: 80%1
- The Empire State Trail, a 1,200-km bike trail that stretches from Canada all the way to New York City, is completed. Likelihood: 70%1
- Huawei plans to deploy high-speed internet to Canada’s remote regions.Link
- Canadian government plans 5G future with 2018-2022 spectrum release timeline.Link
- Finish line in sight for updated farm building code.Link
- A 1,200-km bike trail that runs from Canada to NYC is coming soon.Link
- Solar project approved for southern Alberta would be Canada's largest, by far.Link
Environment predictions for Canada in 2020
Environment related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
- Canada enacts a progressively increasing carbon tax in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec between 2020 to 2022. Likelihood: 50%1
- Preparing the future of Canadian agriculture.Link
- Canada’s oil and gas workforce will need more than talent.Link
- Toronto councillor wants to sue big oil for climate change costs.Link
- Arctic now locked into devastating temperature rise, UN report says.Link
- Liberal climate plans not enough to meet 2030 emissions target, new report shows.Link
Science predictions for Canada in 2020
Science related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
- Canada sets its first national carbon price at C$10 a tonne.Link
- What legal weed in Canada means for science.Link
- Canada now has psilocybin dispensaries.Link
- Investors just launched the first VC dedicated exclusively to psychedelics, which they call the 'next wave' after the cannabis boom.Link
- The surprising truth about perfectionism in millennials.Link
Health predictions for Canada in 2020
Health related predictions to impact Canada in 2020 include:
- Health Canada enacts new rules in how it negotiates drug prices with pharmaceutical companies in a bid to lower pharmaceutical prices. Likelihood: 90%1
- COVID-19: Quebec to offer free emergency daycare for healthcare workers.Link
- Nurse practitioners call on province for change to their profession.Link
- Canada's Liberal party considers decriminalization of all illicit drugs.Link
- Decriminalize all drugs, Toronto health board urges Ottawa.Link
- Canada now has psilocybin dispensaries.Link
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