The energy and mining sectors are set to drive a rebound in Canada’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in 2024 after a lackluster 2023 in which rising interest rates hampered deal-making, banking industry executives told Reuters. Last year, deal-making activity in North America and globally dropped amid uncertainties about the economy. Canadian deal-making was off to the slowest start since the same period in 2020, PwC said in the middle of last year. “The slow start in 2020 was largely due…