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Canadian print media poised to get financial aid in next federal budget + MORE Jan 26th
All signs point to print media getting a much-needed financial assist from the federal government
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Am I required to divide my pension with my ex? May 25th
Am I required to divide my pension with my ex? If I do divide it, how will it affect my pension when I retire?
FPAC responds:
Under the Canadian rules that govern the division of property between married couples who separate, you are required to equally split all assets grown and contributed t.... More »
“We had our kids late—will we ever be able to retire?” Dec 13th
Natasha Hall was 40 years old when she became a parent. The broadcaster and radio host, who had been in a long-term, committed relationship, figured it was now or never. “I always knew I wanted to be a mom but I couldn’t quite get my act together to settle down properly, and my guy was kind of i.... More »
Arrested man denies being jogger who pushed woman into bus - CTV News + MORE Aug 11th
CTV NewsArrested man denies being jogger who pushed woman into busCTV NewsLONDON -- Lawyers for an American investment banker arrested on suspicion of pushing a woman into the path of a London bus say he had nothing to do with it. Law firm Duncan Lewis Solicitors says its client "has been wrong.... More »
Questrade Review 2023: What matters to Canadian investors + MORE Jun 27th
For over 20 years, Questrade has provided Canadian investors with its attractive fees on a full range of assets—including stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, initial public offerings (IPOs), bonds, and even gold and silver. If you’re shopping around for a discount brokerage, you’ve likely c.... More »
Industry insiders tell Go Public how weak regulations in Canada allow them to ignore their clients’ interests and sell them financial products and services with costly fees they don’t understand.
Meet Evan Siddall, the CEO who remade the CMHC
– canadianbusiness.com
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation CEO Evan Siddell. (Portrait by Jessica Deeks)Evan Siddall, the chief executive officer of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., likes to give books to people he is getting to know. A favourite is This Is Water, an essay about self-centredness by David Foster Wallace, which begins with an allegory:
“There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’
And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, ‘What the hell is water?’ ”
CMHC was a lot like that insular fish when Siddall arrived at the end of 2013.The agency, created in 1946 to build houses for veterans of the Second World War, liked to describe itself as the “heart of housing”—an enormous Crown corporation that dominated the mortgage insurance market, guaranteed complex, bond-like assets called mortgage-backed securities, and subsidized the building and upkeep of First Nations and social housing…
Gold hits five-month high on rising geopolitical risks
– theglobeandmail.com
Investors take refuge in safe-haven assets in wake of rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea
For markets, hot wars and currency cold wars
– theglobeandmail.com
Haven assets move on geopolitics as U.S. dollar shifts on Trump comments
