The Bank of Canada decided not to raise interest rates yesterday. One of the main reasons is they want to see the market’s reaction to the new mortgage rules which includes a stress test. The stress test coming this January 1st determines whether you can pay a mortgage that is 2% higher than the current posted interest rate. But don’t be fooled…..

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Its shocking that Union elites in the BCTF who are in charge of teaching our children have so little respect for research and instead opt for completely outdated ideaology. A recent World Bank reports says that countries that have the greatest trade freedom have higher per capita incomes, greater food security and cleaner environments. Wouldn’t it be preferable if Teachers taught those kind of facts instead of ideology?

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Its not progressive to push the same policies for the 3 or 4 decades, especially those in economics and finance that haven’t worked at all. More taxation, more bureaucracy, more regulation has been a failure everywhere its been tried.

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