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A new leader emerges

Editorial: The CSA has stepped up to take the OSC's place as the standard bearer for regulatory progress

  • By: IE Staff
  • March 6, 2020 November 24, 2020
  • 00:03

Plenty of blame to go around

Provincial premiers and the feds share responsibility for the Coastal GasLink pipeline dispute

Cut the fat, not the muscle

Editorial: The OSC needs a steady hand at the helm

  • By: IE Staff
  • January 31, 2020 November 24, 2020
  • 00:02

A pivotal year in politics

Liberals and Conservatives came out of the 2019 election knowing they face widespread discontent

Starting the decade off right

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • January 17, 2020 January 14, 2020
  • 00:02

Quebec’s “comeback kids”

These politicians had left politics, only to return in decidedly different roles and with new ambitions

Title reform must put consumers first

If consumers' interests are not at the heart of this initiative, it may do more harm than good

  • December 6, 2019 December 4, 2019
  • 00:02

The election-ready cabinet

Climate change and national unity were on the prime minister’s mind, but so was winning back a majority

Securities law must be reviewed

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • November 15, 2019 November 14, 2019
  • 00:02

No need to panic

Alberta's prospects are much better than the media and separatist movement make them seem

Merging the SROs is not the answer

Editorial

The planet is the winner

Trudeau managed to get elected advocating a carbon tax - after buying an oil pipeline

Toronto Port Lands

Along came Google

Toronto's Port Lands have long been neglected, but are local residents ready for Sidewalk Labs?

Game on?

Plans for an East Coast football team continue to experience setbacks

Lack of trust

Voters in British Columbia sent a mixed bag of MPs to Ottawa - and a message to Trudeau

  • By: Brian Lewis
  • November 1, 2019 November 17, 2019
  • 00:01

Embrace the client-focused reforms

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • October 11, 2019 November 12, 2019
  • 00:05

Minority government likely

If we can get past Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s blackface picture, Green Party leader Elizabeth May’s photoshopped coffee cup and Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s embellished…

The U.K.’s deepening wounds

Brexit isn't the only story unfolding in Britain, but it is the loudest

Midstreamers stay afloat

Companies that own oil pipelines and refineries are not affected by commodity prices

Take that, Ontario

Premier François Legault is riding a $7.5-billion surplus

Advisors should monitor client debt

Canadian household debt levels have long been a concern for the Bank of Canada. They should be a priority for financial advisors too. The central…

  • By: IE Staff
  • September 20, 2019 October 31, 2019
  • 00:05

Tories’ advantage slipping away

The Conservatives seemed to be depending on a damning report on SNC-Lavalin

Remaining Tory blue

Lack of progress on pipelines and cheap oil are not enough to sway right-leaning Albertans

B.C. holds promise, peril

Voters are focused on cost-of-living issues ahead of the federal election

  • By: Brian Lewis
  • September 20, 2019 October 31, 2019
  • 00:02

Nova Scotia’s election blahs

On the East Coast, the pre-election scuffles have been small and quickly doused