A watchlist for 2021 — economic recovery, vaccines, plus Canada's number one and two problems: toilets

Image | Vaccine hesitancy, public toilets

Caption: Vaccine hesitancy, and a lack of access to public toilets: two of the things some Canadian economists are watching in 2021. (Evan Mitsui/CBC, Ben Nelms/CBC)

Audio | Cost of Living : A watchlist for 2021 — economic recovery, vaccines and Canada's number one and two problems: toilets

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Cost of Living host Paul Haavardsrud talks to three economists about what they are looking for in the new year.
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Danielle Goldfarb, head of Global Research with RIWI Corp. talks about vaccines, vaccine hesitancy, and how that could affect the economy in Canada.
Hear from Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO about the amount of money Canadians put into their savings during the pandemic — and how that fits into the country's financial recovery.
Plus we look at Canada's number one and number two problems, literally. We talk public toilets and access to bathrooms in this country with Frances Woolley, professor of economics at Carleton University.

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