Opinion

In June, Canada’s finance ministers met in Vancouver and agreed in principle to the expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) over a seven-year phase-in period, starting January 1, 2019.

The other day my wife, Michelle, started watching yet another realty show. You know, the ones where they look at three homes, then buy one. Next to zero in production costs, yet highly addictive to the viewers.

Many are still expecting the U.S. Federal Reserve to move rates higher again before they end of the year, which is likely to put some upward pressure on bond yields across the spectrum.

I woke up to a completely blank slate one fine Sunday morning. I knew I had to come up for air. I had to come upstairs, sit in the sun and inhale. I responded to one inbound piece of communication. My response was one word.

This week, I am determined to take on what most people find an impossible task. I am trying to make sense of Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican Party.

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t was enough to make a dozen or more grown men groan, and groan they did. Not only did they groan, they questioned the very sanity of anyone who would ask the question, “Who touched my clothes?”, when that person was surrounded by hundreds of people.

Bond yields have dropped recently, and as a result, bond values have risen significantly. For example, the passive iShares Canadian Universe Bond Index ETF has risen 3.3% since the beginning of the year, and is up 4.9% over the past 12 months.

Cutting local red tape will increase housing stock and reduce prices in Toronto, Vancouver and beyond