Interest rate hikes: The Bank of Canada’s ‘resolute’ fight against inflation could threaten its credibility
Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, holds a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Jan. 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Ellen D. Russell, Wilfrid Laurier University The Bank […]
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Greenbelt is Ontario’s jurisdiction, Ford says after federal minister raises concerns
Steven Guilbeault at the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (photo: UN Biodiversity via Wikimedia Commons) BRAMPTON, Ont. – The Greenbelt is provincial jurisdiction, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister indicated he’d consider […]
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Has Ontario’s housing ‘plan’ been built on a foundation of evidentiary sand?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford talks to the media on a construction site in Brampton, Ont., in May 2022. Later in the year, the Ford government justified its adoption of sweeping housing legislation and the opening […]
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GTA new home sales dipped in 2022, affected by interest rates, monetary policy
According to the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), 2022 saw the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) experience the lowest level of new home sales since 2018. Altus Group, BILD’s official source for new home […]
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Bank of Canada hikes key interest rate by quarter point, says it plans to hold
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada delivered what it expects to be its last interest rate hike of the cycle as it pauses to assess the effects of higher rates on the economy. The central bank raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage […]
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