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- Stop Bleeding Cash: Why Your Mortgage is the Ultimate Financial Power Tool January 12, 2026Let’s have an honest conversation about the financial squeeze many Canadians are feeling right now. Prices are up at the pump, at the grocery store, and certainly in utility bills. … Continue Reading Stop Bleeding Cash: Why Your Mortgage is the Ultimate Financial Power ToolSteve Garganis
- Ask the Expert: The homeowner’s debt dilemma — should you go Bankruptcy or Consumer Proposal? November 21, 2025If you’re a homeowner facing the crushing weight of debt, you’re probably aware the two most dramatic debt resolution solutions: Bankruptcy and Consumer Proposal (CP). A Consumer Proposal is often recommended because it … Continue Reading Ask the Expert: The homeowner’s debt dilemma — should you go Bankruptcy or Consumer Proposal?Steve Garganis
- Ask the mortgage expert: how Canada’s self-employed can unlock homeownership November 4, 2025For too long, Canada’s self-employed have faced a maddening paradox. The very financial strategies that prove your business savvy—like maximizing deductions to lower your taxable income—often become the biggest roadblocks … Continue Reading Ask the mortgage expert: how Canada’s self-employed can unlock homeownershipSteve Garganis
- The Condo Carnage Is Real.. but is it over? October 6, 2025Let’s call this what it is: a day of reckoning. The great Canadian condo delusion, a mass psychosis fueled by cheap money and a fear of missing out, is over. … Continue Reading The Condo Carnage Is Real.. but is it over?Steve Garganis
- Our Leaders Are Rolling Up Their Sleeves… To Wave the White Flag September 30, 2025Another week, another series of baffling decisions from Ottawa that leave you wondering what reality our leaders are living in. On September 17th, the Bank of Canada, in a move … Continue Reading Our Leaders Are Rolling Up Their Sleeves… To Wave the White FlagSteve Garganis
- The $13 Billion Question: Will Ottawa’s “Build Canada Homes” Fix Our Broken Housing Market, or Just Build More Problems? September 26, 2025Another week, another blockbuster announcement from Ottawa aimed at solving our national housing crisis. This time, it’s a shiny new federal agency dubbed “Build Canada Homes,” launched with a cool … Continue Reading The $13 Billion Question: Will Ottawa’s “Build Canada Homes” Fix Our Broken Housing Market, or Just Build More Problems?Steve Garganis
- The speed Discharge: Bankruptcy wins over Consumer proposal August 8, 2025In the world of debt relief, two primary options often come to mind: consumer proposals and bankruptcy. While both offer a path to financial freedom, they differ significantly in their … Continue Reading The speed Discharge: Bankruptcy wins over Consumer proposalSteve Garganis
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- Powell gets ‘full support’ of Bank of Canada’s Macklem amid justice probe January 13, 2026Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem issued a firm defence of Jerome Powell after the Federal Reserve chair said the Trump administration was trying to strong-arm the central bank through a grand jury investigation.Bloomberg
- Global rate paths splinter as Trump drives change at the Fed January 12, 2026A spell of global interest-rate divergence is in store as central banks feel their way through the economic fog stoked by Donald Trump’s second year at the White House.Bloomberg
- Average asking rents in Canada fell year-over-year every month of 2025: report January 12, 2026Asking rents in Canada fell 2.3% year-over-year in December to an average of $2,060, marking a full calendar year of declines as prices reached their lowest level in 30 months.The Canadian Press
- Montreal-area home sales rise 8% in 2025 despite December decrease: real estate board January 9, 2026Quebec's real estate board says Montreal-area home sales fell on a year-over-year basis in December, despite more activity overall for the region in 2025.The Canadian Press
- ‘Ho-hum’ Canadian jobs report shows unemployment reverting to 6.8% January 9, 2026Canada’s hiring momentum cooled in December and the number of unemployed people climbed by the most in three years, reinforcing signs of persistent slack in the labour market.Bloomberg
- Bank of Canada sees senior departures as Carney pushes budget cuts January 9, 2026Two longtime directors at the Bank of Canada are retiring as Prime Minister Mark Carney pushes to shrink the public service.Bloomberg
- Office vacancy rate dips as return-to-office shift picks up: CBRE report January 8, 2026The Canadian office vacancy rate dipped last year for the first time since the pandemic as the return-to-office trend accelerated, said a report out Wednesday from CBRE Ltd.Steve Huebl
- Tariffs push Canada’s U.S. export share to record low outside pandemic January 8, 2026Canada’s merchandise trade balance swung back into deficit as imports of computers and electronics outweighed a spike in gold exports to non-U.S. countries.Bloomberg
- Vancouver building valued at $13 Million gifted to support youth with substance use January 8, 2026The Foundry says the four-storey building, nestled between boutiques, restaurants and luxury units in Vancouver’s high-end Yaletown neighbourhood, has been gifted by a private foundation to help teens and young people. The Foundry says in a news release that the donation gives them a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rewrite the future of youth mental health care” […]The Canadian Press
- Bank economists urge tax overhaul to jumpstart Canadian economy January 7, 2026Economists at Canada’s biggest banks are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to reform taxes, arguing his latest budget investments won’t meaningfully move the needle on competitiveness.Bloomberg