In frosty Canada the spring housing market starts… soon. By Lover’s Day it’s in full flower in the majors of Toronto and Van. In Saskatoon and Moncton, not so much. You know why.

It’s been a rough year for our dollar aka ‘the loonie’. As seen in the chart below, the CAD/USD has been trading in a range ...

“Under the Competition Act, it is a criminal offence to engage in an illegal agreement. Anyone convicted of participating in ...

Kid Pogey goes from $7500/spawn on average in 2024 back to 1978 Family Allowance in 2024 dollar to $1450/spawn. That’ll save ...

Yes, by bad policy. And thus we have a complex web of conflicting, uncoordinated, kneejerk, badly-understood policies that ...

“Count your blessings.” Blessings? What a concept! Hmmm… You mean, like, holiday pay? Paid sick days off? Any living wage at all? The Amazons who run this blog get none of those. Merry Xmas, Scrooge. ...

As for capital losses, tools to reduce capital gains, they can be carried back three years to reduce tax previously paid, or used in any future year. That means for 2024 (before the latest change) or ...

Care to start a riot? Just suggest to someone who has saved nothing but paid their house off that real estate capital gains should be taxed. Blood and guts everywhere. But, we need to talk. The tax ...

Just one more sleep until Chrystia tells you how bad things are. The deficit was supposed to be capped at $40 billion this year, and fade ever so slowly in the years to come. Well, forget that.