New survey finds nearly half of Canadians are only $200 from financial ruin
MNP Consumer Debt Index survey indicates that 46% of Canadians are close to financial devastation after years of Justin Trudeau's policies led to high inflation.
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Articles tagged interest rates
Trudeau’s 2024 budget could drive out investment as housing bubble continues
The extent to which the Canadian economy is distorted by a property bubble can be seen by comparing government debt with household debt, with the latter being 130 percent of GDP, nearly twice as much as American households.
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Poilievre chastises Trudeau for dealing with inflation like a ‘pyromaniac promising to fight a fire’
At a Fix the Budget rally, the Conservative Party leader made three demands ahead of the 2024 budget release.
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Gold breaks $2,200 an ounce for first time amid inflation, interest rate chaos
Many consider investing in gold a key measure for economic security against both the economic harm of inflationary government spending and the advent of central bank digital currencies around the world.
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Bank of Canada report blames media for ramping up inflation fears
'News coverage that people focus on may affect their perceptions of inflation,' a recent Bank of Canada report lamented.
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Food prices continue to soar amid Trudeau gov’t carbon tax, fuel regulations
'Meat’s up six percent, bread’s up 13 percent, coffee’s up eight percent, baby food’s up nine percent. If you look at food overall it is up nine percent,' said Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem.
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Poilievre’s Conservatives hold massive lead over Trudeau’s Liberals, poll finds
Polls continue to show that if an election were held today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberals would lose in significant fashion to Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives.
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In debt and need help? This Catholic nonprofit is for you
The Leonine Institute for Catholic Social Teaching recently launched an exciting new project called the 'Jubilee Debt Relief Program.' It’s a no-cost initiative that seeks to help persons who are having financial difficulties.
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Nepotism? Canada’s finance dept. hires friend of its minister for top adviser role amid rising inflation
Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland was forced to make an ethics filing under the Conflict of Interest Act in regard to the hiring of the unidentified person.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police to spend 15 million taxpayer dollars to ‘address systemic racism’
The RCMP's latest initiative comes just weeks after 60-year-old Richard Bilkszto, a beloved school principal from Toronto, committed suicide after allegedly being bullied during a similarly themed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 'training' session.
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