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Dozens arrested in anti-capitalism May Day protest in Montreal
Dozens arrested in anti-capitalism May Day protest in Montreal Eighty-four protesters arrested, Montreal police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators and bystanders Police arrested 84 people, including 27 on criminal charges, and used tear gas to disperse demonstrators at a night-time protest in downtown Montreal organized by a local anti-capitalist group called CLAC. Hundreds of […]
Landmark Fracking Case Gets a Supreme Court Hearing
Landmark Fracking Case Gets a Supreme Court Hearing Oil patch consultant Jessica Ernst alleges Alberta has intimidated landowners. The Supreme Court of Canada said today that it will hear thelandmark case of Jessica Ernst, which squarely challenges how the Alberta government has treated landowners and regulated hydraulic fracturing. The decision both stunned and exhilarated the 57-year-old Ernst. […]
Canadian Families’ Debt Jumped By 64 Per Cent In Just Over A Decade
Canadian Families’ Debt Jumped By 64 Per Cent In Just Over A Decade The amount owed by indebted Canadians grew by 64 per cent to $60,100 in just over a decade, according to a new Statistics Canada study. The StatsCan report released Wednesdayfound that between 1999 and 2012, the median debt held by indebted families increased […]
New bank fees target kids’ accounts and allow ‘double-dipping,’ say customers
New bank fees target kids’ accounts and allow ‘double-dipping,’ say customers RBC says new fees ‘cost of doing business’ Banking fees are going up at all of Canada’s five big banks, but some customers of RBC in particular are outraged about the changes. They’re accusing Canada’s biggest bank of targeting children and those who can least […]
Watchdog Group Wants Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Ads
Watchdog Group Wants Audit of Taxpayer-Funded Ads ‘It’s false advertising,’ says Democracy Watch. An independent government watchdog group has called on Canada’s auditor general to review taxpayer-funded spending on government advertising. Democracy Watch has also launched a letter-writing campaign through its website, demanding the office look at what it describes as “questionable” ad initiatives in […]
Jobless Folks, Working Moms, and More Left Out of Canada’s Budget
Jobless Folks, Working Moms, and More Left Out of Canada’s Budget Facing economic trouble ahead, Conservatives offer bouquet of tax breaks for the wealthy Wasn’t it always the student who kept asking for extensions on homework who always wound up turning in the poorest quality work? Finance Minister Joe Oliver tabled the 2015 federal budget […]
U.S. To Lead A Fractured Arctic Council For The Next Two Years
U.S. To Lead A Fractured Arctic Council For The Next Two Years The United States is set to take over the two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, and although there is a lot of uncertainty over how the U.S. will wield its influence, it will be taking the helm for a period of time that […]
Joe Oliver’s Budget Numbers Are Thoroughly Cooked
Joe Oliver’s Budget Numbers Are Thoroughly Cooked That, or he’s been drinking his own Kool-Aid. No wonder they’re spending $7.5 million in public money to advertise Joe Oliver’s budget. Bernie Madoff couldn’t have come up with a sneakier sell than this. Still, no one should be surprised. This misbegotten government’s modus operandi is about much more than information […]
How Insane Is Canada’s Housing Bubble? 42% of “Second-Time” Buyers Need (a lot of) Money from Mom & Dad to Buy a Home
How Insane Is Canada’s Housing Bubble? 42% of “Second-Time” Buyers Need (a lot of) Money from Mom & Dad to Buy a Home A housing bubble is a huge party. Everyone gets drunk and has a good time. The economy booms because housing, particularly construction, is a very local business. It creates local jobs. People […]
Canada’s truthiest election campaign begins: Don Pittis
Canada’s truthiest election campaign begins: Don Pittis True or not, politicians defend their promises with passion and confidence The Harper Conservatives are the balanced-budget party. You might as well get that into your head now, because you are going to be hearing it repeated till election day. This is also the economic stewardship party, the spending-on-transit […]
Canada’s Central Bank is Headed by a Comedian
Canada’s Central Bank is Headed by a Comedian Yet Another Delusional Bubble Blower Canada is home to one of the most egregious housing and credit bubbles in the world – a legacy of its former central bank governor Mark Carney, who is now blowing a similarly dangerous bubble in the UK as governor of the […]
CSE worried about how its use of Canadian metadata might be viewed
CSE worried about how its use of Canadian metadata might be viewed Questions over spy agency’s definition of ‘tracking Canadians’ Canada’s electronic spy agency fretted over how its collection of cellphone and email metadata might be perceived even before CBC published a story on the agency using Wi-Fi data to track airport passengers, new documents obtained by CBC […]
Canadian house prices 35% overvalued, Economist magazine says
Canadian house prices 35% overvalued, Economist magazine says Cheap borrowing costs are driving up prices in markets around the world In a survey of housing costs around the world, the Economist magazine says Canada’s housing prices are 35 per cent overvalued when compared to Canadian incomes. Against the level of Canadian rents, housing prices come […]
“Surviving Or Thriving” – What Canada’s 40% Surge In Meat Prices Means For Ordinary People
“Surviving Or Thriving” – What Canada’s 40% Surge In Meat Prices Means For Ordinary People On the surface, Canada’s 1.2% inflation is negligible, and barely enough to keep up with the pace of overall growth as mandated by a few central bank academics. It is below the surface, however, that one finds the scary truth. […]
Bill C-51 opposition tweeted by Margaret Atwood, Sarah Harmer
Bill C-51 opposition tweeted by Margaret Atwood, Sarah Harmer Liberals say they’ll vote in favour of Bill C-51, despite hoping for changes Canadian author Margaret Atwood and singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer are voicing complaints about the Conservatives’ proposed anti-terrorism bill, asking Liberal MPs from their communities to vote against it. In particular, Harmer and Atwood have got their backs up […]
