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Around the world in 80 seconds

October 30, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor - Fall 2025

Canada U.S. tariffs on key Canadian exports, including energy products, aluminum, steel, and any products that are not qualified as covered under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), have now clearly bitten into the country’s economic growth, with...

Digital defence: Five key cybersecurity measures you can implement to help protect your business from cybercrime

October 30, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor - Fall 2025

“Cybercrime is the greatest threat to every company in the world.” ~ Ginni Rometty, former President & CEO, IBM The numbers are sobering, and they hit directly at a business's bottom line. According to Statistics Canada, one in six of all Canadian businesses...

Year-end resolutions: Seven smart moves you can make before year-end to help minimize your tax pain next filing season

October 30, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor - Fall 2025

As the year winds down and we approach the final quarter of 2025, there's still time to make strategic moves that could save you time and money when tax season arrives next April. Rather than scrambling then, or worse, realizing that you didn’t take advantage...

How to take your retirement for a test drive

October 30, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor - Fall 2025

We often get the chance to try out big purchases before committing, but unlike buying a car, there’s no way to take retirement for a test drive. Or is there? Retirement is no longer just a point in time, but rather another whole life stage than can last...

BoC warns of structural economic damage from tariffs

October 29, 2025 |Claire Fan

The Bank of Canada delivered an expected 25 basis point rate cut today, lowering the overnight rate to 2.25%—the bottom of the neutral range that would not add to or subtract from inflation pressures over time. Beyond the rate cut itself, two themes stood...

Canadian federal budget preview

October 27, 2025 |Cynthia Leach

A new playbook for balancing bigger government with fiscal health We believe the context and composition of government spending matter as much as the quantum. Cyclically, our outlook has Canada avoiding a recession from the current set of tariffs, but...

Canada’s population growth slows even as outflows fall increasingly short of targets

October 02, 2025 |Cynthia Leach and Salim Zanzana

Canada's population growth continues to slow since tighter federal targets on permanent and non-permanent residents with Q2 marking the weakest quarterly growth since the pandemic. As of July 2025, the population reached 41.7 million, reflecting a year-over-year...

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Around the world in 80 seconds

Digital defence: Five key cybersecurity measures you can implement to help protect your business from cybercrime

Year-end resolutions: Seven smart moves you can make before year-end to help minimize your tax pain next filing season

How to take your retirement for a test drive

BoC warns of structural economic damage from tariffs

Canadian federal budget preview

Canada’s population growth slows even as outflows fall increasingly short of targets

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