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Best interest still the best choice

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • February 15, 2017 November 12, 2019
  • 00:15

Canada’s trade and Trump

Crucial Canadian trade deals, from NAFTA to softwood lumber, are facing possible renegotiation as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's policies. The fallout could…

Trade and Trump

So far, the federal Liberals appear to be handling the U.S. trade file well. But it’s early days and there are many unknowns

Tech is here to stay; advisors must adapt

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • February 1, 2017 November 12, 2019
  • 00:10

The need for a Tory revival

The Conservative Party has lost its soul because its movement has lost its momentum

The industry and alternatives

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • January 15, 2017 November 12, 2019
  • 00:30

Times Square North?

Can you imagine not being able to walk across the street at the corner of Yonge and Bloor in Toronto or at the intersection of…

Tapping into anger

A new, rival union for fish harvestors is shaking up the industry, even as fish stocks continue to decline

  • By: Gavin Will
  • December 22, 2016 October 29, 2019
  • 00:30

To toll or not to toll?

Toronto is finally tackling an issue the city had steadfastly avoided in the past: Using expressway tolls to pay for roads and transit

Cash for access on its last legs

The focus is on what elected officials are doing, not on the backroom operatives who usually don't have to account for their actions

More regulatory reform is on the way

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • December 22, 2016 November 12, 2019
  • 00:30

Get fracking, Maritimes

Think-tank calls for the region to get its economic act together by lowering taxes and increasing natural gas reserves

The Trump effect in Alberta

Everyone is still trying to digest the news that Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S. and to figure out what that means regarding…

  • By: Mike Ganley
  • November 25, 2016 October 29, 2019
  • 00:15

Welcome to Cone-ville

Many city roads and bridges are crumbling. The rest are under construction. Coderre asserts things are improving, but not everyone agrees

  • By: Andy Riga
  • November 25, 2016 October 29, 2019
  • 00:15

The outlook for Canada

Things will get interesting in the political landscape in Canada, but not necessarily in the Opposition's favour

Waking up to the harsh realities

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • November 25, 2016 November 12, 2019
  • 00:15

Capital markets roller-coaster

In New Brunswick's economy, what goes up must come down, and those fluctuations are not expected to end soon

What to do with a spare $2.2 billion

Carlos Leitão, Quebec’s finance minister, presented his budget update in late October. The budget included a larger than expected $2.2-billion surplus for the year ended…

Voters’ shifting values

As Justin Trudeau's victory last year demonstrated, taxpayers believe good government is more than just balancing the books

  • By: Brian Lewis
  • November 11, 2016 October 29, 2019
  • 00:30

Thinking and talking big

The Liberals are taking some risks in unveiling grand initiatives, given Canada's anemic economic growth

Keeping up with technology

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • November 11, 2016 November 12, 2019
  • 00:30

Ball tries to make nice after drastic cuts

After a rocky year in office beset by scandals and accusations of incompetence, Liberal premier Dwight Ball finally is setting an agenda for tackling the…

  • By: Gavin Will
  • October 31, 2016 October 29, 2019
  • 23:35

Morality and the living wage

Alberta's campaign to create a new "living wage" by raising the minimum wage may have laudable goals, but is more likely to kill jobs and…

  • By: George Koch
  • October 31, 2016 October 29, 2019
  • 23:35

Is Wall picking a fight?

The premier's opposition to the federal cap-and-trade plan, required by global agreements, puts the province in a small minority of Canadians who oppose the policy

Rethinking health care

The Canadian health-care system is listing under the weight of changing demographics and failure to revisit the way health care's spending dollars are spent