Inflation in Canada accelerated to the fastest pace since 2003, a political headache for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau only five days before an election.
The consumer price index rose 4.1 per cent in August from a year earlier, Statistics Canada reported …
INFLATION JUMPS TO 4.1% IN CANADA, JOLTING TRUD...
HOW LUXURY APARTMENT...
When affordable housing activists see “luxury” apartment buildings going up in gentrifying neighborhoods they sometimes assume that the apartment buildings are causing the rents to go up. Back in 2015, for example, activists called for a moratorium on new housing …
MORE SUPPLY WON̵...
Few topics during the federal election campaign have garnered more attention than high house prices and a lack of housing affordability. Both Conservatives and Liberals say a major problem is a lack of housing supply. To address the issue, they …
MANY CANADIANS WILL ...
A large number of Canadians receiving emergency government assistance will turn to debt to meet their needs when those benefits run out, a new survey suggests.
The survey, which was commissioned by insolvency firm MNP Ltd. earlier this month, found that …
From the pages of our August issue…
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With 83 per cent of existing purpose-built rental units in Ontario built before 1980, many are in need of substantial upgrades to building infrastructure, such as heating systems, balconies, parking garages, and elevators ~ Tony Irwin, President and CEO, FRPO
