Mortgage analysts lament industry enticing borrowers with variable-rate mortgages during pandemic By Rahul Vaidyanath Updated: August 30, 2023 The resilience of the Canadian consumer, thanks to built-up pandemic savings, has…
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ANALYSIS: In First Debate, a Shadow War Between Establishment Reaganism and Insurgent Trumpism
by EditorKBy Nathan Worcester Updated: August 27, 2023 It’s not hard to understand why so many Republicans admire Ronald Reagan. “The Great Communicator” sparked a conservative revival that fractured the remnants…
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ANALYSIS: China’s Real Estate Woes Send Another Warning to Canada
by EditorKCanada should follow US lead in decoupling from China, says business professor By Rahul Vaidyanath Updated: August 26, 2023 The global economy has been waiting for China’s post-COVID economic boom,…
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ANALYSIS: Democrats, Republicans Step Up With Student Loan Debt Plans
by EditorKBy Bill Pan Updated: July 6, 2023 As the Biden administration’s plan to erase more than $400 billion in federal student loan debt failed at the U.S. Supreme Court, both…
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ANALYSIS: Bidenomics: Big Government, Industrial Policy and Centralized Control
by EditorKAdvocates and critics debate merits of government directing America’s economy By Kevin Stocklin Updated: July 5, 2023 With an eye toward the upcoming presidential elections, the White House has launched…
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ANALYSIS: New Supreme Court Appointment Likely to Be Ideologically Aligned With Current Government, Say Experts
by EditorKBy Tara MacIsaac Updated: July 3, 2023 News Analysis Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to appoint a new judge to the Supreme Court of Canada, an institution that has…
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ANALYSIS: Student Loan Cancellation Killed by SCOTUS—What Can Borrowers Expect Next?
by EditorKBy Bill Pan The legal fight over President Joe Biden’s proposal to “forgive” billions of dollars in federal student debt has finally been put to rest, along with all questions…
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IN-DEPTH: ‘Beyond Belief’: Industrial Wind Developments Could Threaten Fragile Desert Ecosystem
by EditorKThe scope and size of these projects are mind-boggling By Matt McGregor Updated: June 23, 2023 A landmark interregional transmission line project has broken ground this week to carry high-voltage…
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ANALYSIS: The Tale of Two Legal Fates: Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal and Trump’s Indictment
by EditorKBy Lawrence Wilson Updated: June 24, 2023 News analysis Lots of presidents have had troublesome family members. Billy Carter, the beer-drinking, public urinating brother of Jimmy Carter, got himself registered…
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EXPLAINER: Now That Bill C-18 Has Passed, Why Is Meta Blocking Canadian News?
by EditorKBy Peter Wilson Updated: June 23, 2023 On the same day that the Liberal government’s Bill C-18 received royal assent and passed into law, U.S. tech giant Meta announced it…