‘Not good for tax policy’: Economists question rationale of Ottawa’s new stimulus package
Coming in at around 0.2 per cent of gross domestic product, Ottawa’s package will ripple through the economy – but it’s ...
Montreal anti-NATO, pro-Palestinian protest ends in three arrests, several injuries
Multiple videos on social media showed protesters attempting to smash windows of the downtown Montreal convention centre and police charging, using tear gas and pepper spray ...
U.S. Federal Reserve announces policy framework review, sets conference for May 15-16
A statement from Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank’s 2% inflation goal ‘will not be a focus of the review’ ...
First Canadian case of more severe mpox strain confirmed in Manitoba
Canada’s public health agency on Friday confirmed the first case of clade I mpox in Canada, in an person in Manitoba. The ...
Billionaire Bill Ackman Bought These 2 Dividend Stocks Hand Over Fist in Q3
Diversification, schmiversification. That seems to be the attitude of billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. His Pershing Square Capital Management owns a total of 10 stocks. Two of those stocks ...
Wealthsimple valuation back to $5-billion as investment firm for U.S. billionaires buys employee stock
Generation Z-focused financial services company had 2.6-million investment and banking clients on Sept. 30, up 16 per cent ...
Allowing Ukrainians who fled war to settle in Canada not off the table, Immigration Minister says
Marc Miller did not rule out granting permanent residence to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, but also said it is not a ...
There’s a better way to manage refugee surges
A well-managed immigration system is not limited to deciding who should be allowed to come in – it increasingly means easing ...
A third path for investors between indexing and stock-picking
The Global X Equal Weight Canadian Groceries & Staples Index ETF ( MART-T -0.15% ) is part of a new suite of exchange-traded ...
Canada Post strike shines light on service’s struggle to survive amid fierce competition and financial losses
Crown corporation often low-cost option for sending mail and packages within Canada, but its operational costs run much ...
The Great Regression: How do we reverse course in a societal death spiral?
The answer, from a therapist’s perspective, is to look less at where we stand on the political spectrum, and more at our own ...
Fact check: Musk amplifies false claim that AIDS drug AZT was responsible for patient deaths
“There is no room for the claim linking AZT to the cause for AIDS or deaths. It became a building block for controlling the ...