2024 federal budget's key takeaways: Housing and carbon rebates, students and sin taxes
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland today tabled a 400-page-plus budget her government is pitching as…
Freeland's new federal budget hikes taxes on the rich to cover billions in new spending
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Ottawa to spend $52.9 billion more than planned over the next five years.
Finance…
Where Ontario's housing market is headed in 2024
The pace of home sales in Ontario in 2023 hit lows not seen the turn of the century, and with little…
What does 2024 have in store for the Canadian economy?
It’s been a long time since economic data in Canada showed very much promise. The last 18…
Business insolvencies shot up by more than 41% last year, as pandemic debts mount
Business insolvencies jumped by more than 41 per cent in 2023, according to data released Friday by…
Trudeau goes into 2024 in dire need of a better story to tell
The memo sent to staff in the Prime Minister’s Office to announce the hiring of Max Valiquette…
Experts, stakeholders give N.S. mixed grades for handling of housing crisis in 2023
The signs are impossible to ignore: online pleas for rentals, sparse shelves at food banks, tents…
With millions of mortgages coming due, finance minister expects banks 'to work with' Canadians
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland expects banks will follow a new series of rules and guidelines…
Canada's debt charges are ballooning as Freeland tables a gloomy fall economic statement
The cost to service the federal government’s sizeable debtload will spike in the years ahead…