Total cost reporting will be worth the wait
Editorial: Giving firms ample time to make the necessary system changes is worth the frustration
- By: IE Staff
- May 1, 2023 May 5, 2023
- 06:00
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Banking crisis highlights fragile confidence of global system
Editorial: lessons learned must not be forgotten when financial sector rules are being crafted and risk-friendly reforms are touted
- By: IE Staff
- April 11, 2023 April 6, 2023
- 00:03
Quebec pilot project offers automatic tax filing for simple returns
Ottawa to follow la belle province in offering pre-filled returns
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- April 11, 2023 April 6, 2023
- 00:02
Past time for action on retail bank shelves
Editorial: Investors are no better off today than they were at this time last year
- By: IE Staff
- March 13, 2023 March 10, 2023
- 00:02
Alberta and Saskatchewan seek to take over tax collection from the CRA
Western provinces look to assert autonomy with revenue agencies
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- March 13, 2023 March 10, 2023
- 00:01
Restitution proposal a promising start for new SRO
Editorial: Returning money to harmed investors could be a big win for the new SRO
- By: IE Staff
- February 13, 2023 February 10, 2023
- 00:02
Nova Scotia’s bracket creep stings taxpayers
Inflation is pushing more people into higher brackets
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- February 13, 2023 February 10, 2023
- 00:01
Advisors can make good in bad markets
Editorial: By helping clients cope with financial stress, advisors can deliver genuine value
- By: IE Staff
- December 12, 2022 December 12, 2022
- 00:11
Hurricane’s economic storm still battering the East Coast
While the cost of Hurricane Fiona could reach $4 billion, provincial and federal governments offer help
- By: donalee Moulton
- December 12, 2022 December 12, 2022
- 00:10
Vital role for regulators in carbon market
Editorial: Given the importance of shifting to more sustainable economic growth, regulators have a duty to make carbon markets work
- By: IE Staff
- November 21, 2022 November 21, 2022
- 00:06
Toronto chooses more of the same
Only 29% of eligible voters cast ballots in the municipal election
- By: Grant McIntyre
- November 21, 2022 November 21, 2022
- 00:04
Crypto proving to be an expensive headache
Editorial: The fledgling sector is sucking up a disproportionate share of investors’ attention and regulators’ resources
- By: IE Staff
- October 31, 2022 October 31, 2022
- 00:15
Legault wins, without Montreal
Premier accused Montrealers of looking down on people in the Quebec City-Lévis region
- By: Kevin Dougherty
- October 31, 2022 October 28, 2022
- 00:00
New Crown corporations to promote infrastructure, business
Build Nova Scotia and Invest Nova Scotia will replace five existing agencies
- By: donalee Moulton
- October 11, 2022 October 11, 2022
- 00:23
New SRO has much to prove
Editorial: Regulatory secrecy prevented public scrutiny of the planned transformation — including concessions made to dealers to earn support for the merger
- By: IE Staff
- October 3, 2022 September 30, 2022
- 09:00
New credential a death knell for Ontario’s title reform
Editorial: Many of the people who called themselves financial advisors in Ontario in 2015 can still do so today with minimal effort
- By: IE Staff
- September 19, 2022 September 19, 2022
- 00:02
Alberta’s “sovereignty act” election
Next year's vote may hinge on controversial legislation that has been called "nuts" - and worse
- By: Michael Ganley
- September 19, 2022 September 19, 2022
- 00:01
Expert committees not the solution to a broken regulatory process
Editorial: Any mechanism that cedes more policy control to the industry risks allowing regulation to be used as a competitive weapon
- By: IE Staff
- August 29, 2022 September 6, 2022
- 00:13
Surrey’s police drama
Surrey is in the midst of replacing the RCMP with its own police service, built from scratch, despite strong local opposition
- By: Brian Lewis
- August 29, 2022 August 26, 2022
- 00:04
Hard work for new SRO is just beginning
Editorial: If the merger results in a more robust, investor-focused SRO, then short-term distractions can be forgiven
- By: IE Staff
- June 13, 2022 September 6, 2022
- 00:02
A premiership marred by strife
Whoever replaces Jason Kenney as UCP leader will face challenges from within the party — and from without
- By: Michael Ganley
- June 13, 2022 August 4, 2022
- 00:01
Is that all for capital markets modernization?
Editorial: Task force’s work looks destined to suffer the fate of other policy reviews — gathering dust on some bureaucrat’s shelf
- By: IE Staff
- May 16, 2022 May 13, 2022
- 00:02
Legault may benefit from Montreal vote-splitting en route to re-election
Anglophone rights could be a major issue in certain regions
- By: Kevin Dougherty
- May 16, 2022 May 13, 2022
- 00:01
Chrystia Freeland sets out Canada’s narrative in 2022 budget
The feds added $31 billion in new spending, but promised to find savings in next five years
- By: Christopher Guly
- April 19, 2022 April 18, 2022
- 00:20
Quebec advisor wins expense deduction case
Revenue agency initially denied expenses for sponsorship of cycling team