Union Members Protest New Insurance Plan in Ottawa: Canada Life Under Fire
About a hundred members of the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE) gathered in downtown Ottawa to protest their new insurance plan, Canada Life. Since public service employees changed insurers last July, voices have been raised to denounce the long reimbursement times, the gaps in customer service, but also the fact that certain medications and treatments […]
Satirical Comedy ‘Splendor and Influence’ Begins Filming: Anne Dorval and Marc Brunet Reunite for Hilarious Take on Modern Fame
After The heart has its reasons et THE bobosactress Anne Dorval and author Marc Brunet team up again in the satirical comedy Splendor and influence, which begins filming on Monday. The actress plays a slightly outdated host who takes the helm of a reality show featuring four young influencers in the making. While The heart […]
Ontario Premier Pleads with Bank of Canada to Hold Key Rate Steady
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is imploring the Bank of Canada not to raise its key rate this week. In a letter addressed Sunday to Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, Doug Ford implored him to consider the impact of these measures on Ontario families. Every week I speak directly to families who are paying hundreds […]
Bank of Canada Expected to Keep Key Rate Unchanged amid Economic Slowdown and Declining Inflation
Observers expect that the Bank of Canada will not increase its key rate on Wednesday given the economic slowdown and a slight decline in inflation. In September, the consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.1%. It had increased by 0.4% the previous month. The central bank kept its key rate at 5% last month, but […]
Stay Safe in the Kingdom: General Directorate of Civil Defense Urges Caution and Precaution Measures during Thunderstorm and Rainy Season
Al-Marsad newspaper – SPA: The General Directorate of Civil Defense called for caution and the need to stay in safe places and stay away from places where floods, water swamps and valleys accumulate, and not to swim in them as they are inappropriate places for that and constitute a danger, and to adhere to the […]
Parliamentarians’ Expense Reports for 2022-2023 Financial Year Revealed: Who is the Thrifty or Spendthrift MP in Abitibi-Témiscamingue?
Parliamentarians’ expense reports for the last financial year, which runs from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, are accessible on the National Assembly website. Is your MP the thrifty or spendthrift type? Abitibi-Témiscamingue may wear the colors of the Coalition Avenir Québec, but the expenses of its three deputies to operate their offices, travel […]
The Success of Latitude 90’s Snowmaking Technology for Ski Resorts Threatened by Climate Change Raises Environmental Concerns
The company Latitude 90, located in the Saint-Romuald industrial park in Lévis, is preparing to deliver four large containers of snow to a ski resort in Tennessee. Its technology is very successful with ski resorts threatened by climate change, but the phenomenon also raises questions on the environmental level. Since 2017, the process developed by […]
Federal MP Serge Cormier Doubts New Calculation Zone for Employment Insurance Would Solve Seasonal Workers’ Problems
The federal Liberal MP for Acadie-Bathurst, Serge Cormier, does not believe that the establishment of a new calculation zone for employment insurance would solve the problems of seasonal workers on the Acadian Peninsula. Seasonal workers deplored Wednesday during a demonstration that access to employment insurance is calculated with data from the large Restigouche-Albert area, which […]
The Growing Issue of Negative Amortization: A Concern for Canadian Borrowers and Financial Institutions
Faced with the meteoric rise in interest rates in a year and a half, many borrowers no longer repay any capital on their mortgage loan, and do not even cover all their interest, which means that their debt is growing. This is the case for approximately one in five mortgage loans within the Canadian Imperial […]
Thousands of Affordable Housing Units at Risk of Being Sold as Non-Profit Agreements Expire
Thousands of affordable housing units could be sold to the private sector, as several agreements between the Manitoba government and non-profit organizations expire. In the absence of subsidies, many of these organizations could have to sell their buildings. Manitoba has 200 non-profit housing organizations, which provide about half of the province’s social housing. Several organizations […]