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2024 may be the year when fiscal and structural reform efforts enjoy the greatest impetus.

Most of the drop in Canadian headline CPI growth to 3.1% year over year in October (just a touch above Bank of Canada’s 1% - 3% inflation target range) came from a 4.5% month over month decline in gasoline prices. That decline also pushed year-over-year...

Despite central banks’ efforts to tame it, inflation remains elevated in North America, while economic growth has begun to stall, especially in Canada. These conditions raise the threat of a sustained period of high and increasing prices and low or even...

Five tips to help ensure your children are safely using and navigating social media

We Canadians love to travel beyond our borders, but we remain surprisingly homebound when it comes to where we invest our money.

Seven year-end tax planning strategies

Five ideas to help you survive and thrive through market downturns

Canada Led by a surprising 0.2% contraction in second-quarter GDP, the Canadian economy is showing signs of mounting weakness. Once-resilient Canadian consumers have at long last run down their extraordinary savings amassed during the pandemic – one of...

The most striking trend that emerged in recent months has been the return of sellers to the housing market. September was a case in point where new listings increased sequentially in all major markets (for which early reports from local real estate boards...