Andrew Rankin is a senior business reporter at Financial Post (SaltWire Network) specializing in macroeconomic trends and regional policy impacts. Based in Halifax, his work bridges data journalism and grassroots storytelling, with recent focus areas including:
Rankin’s reporting has influenced parliamentary committee agendas and appears regularly in academic policy discussions. He maintains a rigorous fact-checking process, often collaborating with university researchers to validate findings.
Andrew Rankin has carved a multifaceted career in Canadian journalism, transitioning from in-depth health reporting to authoritative coverage of business and economic trends. His early work at The Chronicle Herald and The Globe and Mail established him as a trusted voice on public health crises, medical research, and healthcare policy. Over the past decade, he has shifted focus to macroeconomic analysis, labor dynamics, and corporate accountability at Financial Post, where his investigative rigor now illuminates Canada’s financial landscape.
This January 2025 analysis challenged official economic narratives by examining lagging indicators like small-business closures and regional employment disparities. Rankin partnered with Dalhousie University economists to analyze proprietary credit card data, revealing sustained consumer spending declines in Atlantic Canada despite national GDP stabilization. The piece sparked parliamentary debates about stimulus allocation biases toward urban centers.
Rankin’s January 2025 investigation combined court records with interviews from 42 failed entrepreneurs across Nova Scotia and Ontario. The article identified a 214% year-over-year increase in hospitality sector bankruptcies, linking it to pandemic loan repayment cliffs. His spotlight on a Halifax restaurateur’s decision to liquidate rather than rehire staff became a case study in parliamentary testimony on small-business relief.
This December 2024 piece documented supply chain disruptions through the lens of rural pharmacies struggling to deliver medications. Rankin’s embedded reporting with a PEI medical supplier revealed 19% of chronic care patients missed doses due to postal delays. The article prompted cross-party demands for essential service designations in labor disputes.
Rankin prioritizes stories exposing inequities between Canada’s economic hubs and peripheral regions. His March 2025 exposé on Newfoundland’s collapsing fishery subsidies exemplifies this focus. Pitch data-driven analyses of provincial policy impacts, particularly with underrepresented stakeholder perspectives.
With 14 articles since 2023 on automation’s impact on Atlantic Canada’s workforce, Rankin seeks case studies of successful retraining programs. Avoid generic "future of work" angles; emphasize measurable outcomes from specific industries like aquaculture or renewable energy.
Though less frequent than his business reporting, Rankin’s 2024 series on Nova Scotia’s hospital staffing crisis demonstrated enduring interest in fiscal-health policy intersections. Pitch investigations into innovative provincial funding models or public-private partnership outcomes.
“Rankin’s unflinching analysis forces readers to confront uncomfortable truths about Canada’s economic fabric.” – 2024 Canadian Journalism Foundation Commentary Finalist Citation
While formal accolades remain limited, industry peers frequently cite Rankin’s 2023 investigation into PEI’s affordable housing crisis as a benchmark for community-focused economic reporting. His work is archived in three university journalism curricula as exemplars of mixed-methods research.
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