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Howard Levitt: Allowing protests to escalate unchecked risks creating a new normal in Canada
The mobs increasingly filling our public spaces are teaching Jews to be afraid and defensive , antisemites that their aggression will go unchecked and the rest of Canadians to accept this state of affairs as the new normal. And they are ...
‘We've averted a recession’: What senior bank executives are saying about Canada's economy
Senior executives from Canada’s biggest banks were in New York this week for the RBC Capital Markets Financial Institutions Conference, where they addressed issues ranging from the financial health of consumers to interest rates and credit quality.
'Little to sway Bank of Canada to begin cutting rates': Economists on the February jobs data
The Canadian economy produced double the jobs forecasted by analysts, but the unemployment rate rose to 5.8 per cent in February from 5.7 per cent in March as population growth continued to outpace the employment market , according to ...
'The worst coffee cup you can get': Customers frustrated with Tim Hortons cups
Thin, leaky and defective are a few of the adjectives that have been used recently to describe Tim Hortons cups, with some customers going as far as to deem them the “worst coffee cup you can get.” Social media is rife with complaints about the cups, ...
Increasing number of Canadians in financial distress with rising costs of mortgage renewals, credit card debts
Mortgage delinquencies in the fourth quarter of 2023 increased 135.2 per cent in Ontario compared to the same period in 2022. With low-interest rate mortgages taken during the pandemic coming due for renewal, the average monthly payment in the ...
5 more tips to help keep the CRA off your back this tax-filing season
The Canada Revenue Agency has already received more than 2.5 million 2023 personal tax returns as of March 4. Of those, over 95 per cent were electronically filed, with only five per cent of Canadians mailing in their returns. ...
'All but rules out a cut in April': What economists say about the Bank of Canada's hold
The Bank of Canada held its benchmark lending rate at five per cent and gave little away in its official statement for when it might be ready to start cutting. Here’s what economists are saying about the decision and where interest rates go ...
Canadian pensions face new call to invest at home, this time from major business leaders
Canada’s biggest pension funds have largely rebuffed recent pressure to pour more of their billions of investment dollars into their home market, but a new campaign backed by 90 business leaders in cluding chief executives of some of the country’s ...
Howard Levitt: Double-dipping employees aren't doing themselves, or their employers, any favours
By Howard Levitt and Peter Carey No one can serve two masters — Matthew 6:24 Those who follow our column know that we are not fans of remote work . Unhappily, despite the lobbies of the WFH crowd, it usually does not work ...
Why surge pricing isn't coming to a fast food menu near you
Surge pricing at Wendy’s ? Despite the girlish freckles and pigtails on its iconic logo, the fast-food giant’s innocence was called into question last week after reports circulated that it planned to implement “dynamic pricing,” a term that usually ...