Industry News

Budget overspending unacceptable: C.D. Howe

A report released by the C.D. Howe Institute, a prominent Canadian think-tank, finds that both the federal government and provincial governments of Canada have had poor track records in meeting their budget commitments over the past 10 years: more often than not, they have spent beyond what was planned. Presenting the results of these findings […]

By Mark Noble |March 2, 2007

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(March 1, 2007) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has declared that Canada’s income gap between the rich and poor is growing, largely because the spoils of economic growth are going primarily to the 10% of families who make more than $100,000 a year. The study, The Rich and the Rest of Us: The Changing […]

By Staff |March 1, 2007

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New rules ahead of Pure Trading launch

After receiving considerable dealer input, the Universal Market Integrity Rules are ready to accommodate the introduction of multiple marketplaces. The same can’t be said for Pure Trading, the new market that precipitated the rule changes in the first place, which has delayed its launch for the second time. Pure Trading was due to hard-launch on […]

By Mark Brown |March 1, 2007

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Supreme Court awards same-sex CPP survivor benefits

The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision today in the first Charter of Rights class action to go to trial in Canada. In the decision, the Court awarded CPP survivor’s pensions to 1,500 Canadians involved in the class action lawsuit and cleared the way for other same-sex couples to collect survivor benefits in arrears. […]

By Kate McCaffery |March 1, 2007

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