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TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Auto talks The contracts between Unifor and the three big U.S. automakers are set to expire on Monday at 11:59 p.m. The union is negotiating with Ford Motor Co.

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in Canada edged down one per cent in August compared with July.

The annual Union of СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Municipalities conference runs Sept. 18-22 in Vancouver.

Bryn Gardener-Evans suggested that the СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Securities Commission has found difficulties with its regulations and is changing them after the fact while using him as a "scapegoat."

Signs at the site say 'under construction,' but the site was empty as of Friday.

Many speakers expressed support but noted many issues within the motion.

Mark Jaccard, currently a 'distinguished' professor at SFU, has been re-appointed as chair and CEO of СÀ¶ÊÓƵ's watchdog for public energy utilities

The cost of building a Tri-Cities home out of a shipping container is about one-fifth of conventional wood frame construction.