Governments Have Done Nothing on Housing Affordability
11/06/2019 7:17 AMThey still add tens even hundreds of thousands of dollars to cost of a new condo or house. They continue to avoid the obvious and that is - we have a supply...
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One Stat No One’s Talking About
11/05/2019 12:17 PMFive days after Encana's announced head office move to the US - and there's still one aspect of the fall-out that no one's talking about but Canada will be the worse for it. Listen to Shocking Stat at...
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15-Extreme Risks & How You Can Navigate Them
11/05/2019 10:07 AMWillis Towers Watson’s Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI) recently revealed what it considers the 15-extreme risks facing investors for 2019, as well as for the years ahead. The risks run the gamut from climate change to nuclear contamination. TAI’s research suggests,...
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First Nations Leader Asks An Uncomfortable Question
11/05/2019 7:13 AMDale Swampy, president of the National Coalition of Chiefs and a member of the Samson Cree Nation wants to know why First Nations who support resource development are ignored. The answer isn't...
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How Does This Conference Help Your Investments AND Save You Money?
11/04/2019 2:24 PM"There are things happening that I've never seen before, and that most economists have never seen before, and that most financial analysts have never seen before, and how do we quantify it?" John Johnston, PhD Chief Strategist, Davis Rae Feb 1st,...
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McDonald’s Fires CEO After ‘Relationship’ With Employee, Shares Drop
11/04/2019 10:37 AMShares for McDonald’s dropped after CEO Steve Easterbrook was fired after he had a relationship with an employee, which violated the company’s policy. Chris Kempczinski, who was the head of the firm’s U.S. business, is now new CEO, the company said in an announcement...
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Study: Price Manipulation Was Behind Half Of Bitcoin’s Historic Run
11/04/2019 10:30 AMBetween March 2017 and March 2018, the media affixed various adjectives to bitcoin’s run: impressive, amazing, historic. Now it’s adding a new descriptor: deceptive. A new study said an unknown trader on the Bitfinex exchange manipulated Bitcoin’s price so sharply...
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Why Is Anyone Assuming The Federal Government Is Upset With Encana’s Departure
11/04/2019 7:02 AMSure it will hurt tax revenues longer term and dozens of charities as well as an array of supporting businesses but that won't wipe the smiles off the faces of the federal NDP, Green Party and some in the Liberal...
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Goofy Award, Shocking Stat & Quote of the Week
11/02/2019 10:15 AMQuote of the Week The former head of the Bank of England issues a stark warning that all of us should pay attention to but clearly governments won't. Shocking Stat The fall-out when a major company, like Encana, moves its head office out of Canada are many but here's...
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Mike’s Editorial – Promises To Crush the Economy
11/02/2019 9:48 AMSocialist, Bernie Saunders recently observed that "radical" and "fringe" ideas like doubling capital gains taxes, wealth taxes, a tax on technology and dramatically higher taxes on business income have become so mainstream they're not even...
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