in as many months, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the Bank of Canada to pause any further interest rate increases, saying millions of Canadians are “struggling to make ends meet.”
To that end, and in a separate letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday, Ford called on Ottawa to "address the root causes of inflation" and “bolster and strengthen” domestic supply chains, which he said have shown “vulnerabilities” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the developing violence in the Middle East.
Ahead of this week’s decision on interest rates, I’ve written to the Governor of the Bank of Canada to again express my opposition to any further rate hikes. Higher interest rates are hurting people and businesses that are already struggling to pay their bills.
Avoid non-essential travel to these Caribbean islands due to natural disaster risk: Canadian officials Ella Crossett would have been celebrating her fourth birthday Saturday. Last July, the two-year old girl died after falling into her family pool. However, more than a year later, she’s still impacting people’s lives.Competing protests over LGBTQ2S+ inclusive education in Kitchener and Guelph
Pro-Palestinian protestors took to downtown Barrie for the second weekend in a row to call for an end to violence and conflict in Israel.How an award-winning Halifax professor nurtured a network of battery entrepreneurs