Global markets plunge
The Toronto Stock Exchange plunged in early trading Monday, part of a global downturn affecting markets around the world.
- August 24, 2015 September 13, 2019
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The Toronto Stock Exchange plunged in early trading Monday, part of a global downturn affecting markets around the world.
North American markets suffered steep losses, with the Toronto Stock Exchange registering a triple-digit decline for a second consecutive day amid weak energy markets, a sell-off in China and the expectation that the U-S Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this fall.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising to lower the government’s eligibility requirements for Canadians needing help to care for a sick loved one. If elected, Trudeau says a Liberal government would invest $190 million to expand the compassionate care benefit and make it accessible to any Canadian looking after a seriously ill family member. Read: […]
Justin Trudeau is promising a Liberal government would make it easier for more than a million Canadians to have more flexible work hours.
As the plan to create a national securities regulator forges ahead, the organization’s newly minted chairman says he isn’t bothered by the fact that not all of the provinces have signed on.
A new study has determined that the average cost of healthcare for Canadians with diabetes is $16,000 over eight years, compared to $6,000 for those without the disease.
The global economy could be mired in protracted slow growth, challenging efforts by pension funds to generate sufficient investment returns for their clients, the head of Quebec's pension fund manager said Friday.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) had a small investment loss after costs in the first quarter of the 2016 financial year but the retirement fund’s assets increased by $4 billion overall because of contributions from the Canada Pension Plan. The CPPIB says it had $268.6 billion of net assets as of June 30, […]
Premier Kathleen Wynne says Stephen Harper is standing in the way of an Ontario pension plan, while the prime minister says he's happy to block what he calls "an enormous tax hike.''
The general council of one of Canada's largest churches has voted to drop fossil fuels from its investment portfolios, with advocates for the motion saying the decision is based on the Christian duty to care for the earth.