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Aeroplan Availability Alert: Business Class on SWISS from Montreal to Zurich for up to four people in spring 2022 + MORE Dec 21st
Here's our next Aeroplan availability alert! There is a bunch of business class availability showing in April and May 2022 for flights between Montreal and Zurich on SWISS. The flights operate on all days of the week except Monday and Wednesday. Most of the days we checked they are showing a.... More »
Air Canada Aeroplan updates eUpgrade credit expiry policy + MORE May 15th
Air Canada has sent out notice to Aeroplan elite members about some upcoming changes to the expiry policy of eUpgrade credits. The changes will be effective as of July 1, 2024 and are as follows: Simplified Expiry: eUpgrade credits earned as part of your status benefits will be valid for 12 months f.... More »
Bank of Montreal profit sinks as more than $1.1-billion earmarked to cover potential loan losses - The Globe and Mail + MORE May 27th
Bank of Montreal profit sinks as more than $1.1-billion earmarked to cover potential loan losses The Globe and MailRBC Q2 profit cut in half as credit loss provisions reach $2.83B BNNBloomberg.caNational Bank of Canada profit falls 32% on loan loss provisions Financi.... More »
Beijing drops visa requirement for Canadian tourists, business visitors to China Feb 15th
Canadians will no longer be required to get visas for 30-day stays, says China's foreign ministry..... More »
Visas in exchange for beef. Seems like a pretty good deal, right? Not according to immigration critic and Conservative MP Michelle Rempel. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would be lifting the visa requirement for Mexican travellers as of Dec. 1—requirements put in place in 2009 by Stephen Harper to reduce asylum claims coming from that country. And Trudeau’s Mexican counterpart, President Enrique Peña Nieto, announced Mexico would open its borders to all Canadian beef products—a ban that’s been in place since 2003 in response to the mad cow disease outbreak in Canada.
MORE: Canada drops visas for visitors from Mexico
Wednesday, at the North American Leaders’ Summit press conference, Trudeau reinforced the importance of how “working together always beats going it alone,” and that includes improving relations with Mexico. Rempel spoke to Maclean’s about why she thinks this decision could be damaging to the integrity of Canada’s immigration system…
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June 29, 2016: Interest rates on new credit card offers didn’t budge this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
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MasterCard and Visa will require all card issuers to provide opt-in fraud alerts via text and message
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The higher the credit line, the better, as long as balances stay low
Visas in exchange for beef. Seems like a pretty good deal, right? Not according to immigration critic and Conservative MP Michelle Rempel. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would be lifting the visa requirement for Mexican travellers as of Dec. 1—requirements put in place in 2009 by Stephen Harper to reduce asylum claims coming from that country. And Trudeau’s Mexican counterpart, President Enrique Peña Nieto, announced Mexico would open its borders to all Canadian beef products—a ban that’s been in place since 2003 in response to the mad cow disease outbreak in Canada.
MORE: Canada drops visas for visitors from Mexico
Wednesday, at the North American Leaders’ Summit press conference, Trudeau reinforced the importance of how “working together always beats going it alone,” and that includes improving relations with Mexico. Rempel spoke to Maclean’s about why she thinks this decision could be damaging to the integrity of Canada’s immigration system…
