Category: Your Money

Your Money

Governments preach affordability, yet they continue to balance their budgets on the backs of Canadians by taxing food

Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are pushing oil higher and driving up food prices across Canada

Steering your money into politically driven investments could leave you with less when you retire

A drop in the price of oil won’t undo the damage. Add in the federal industrial carbon tax hike and affordable food may be a thing of the past

The data shows lower-income Canadians are gaining ground but that’s not the story Canadians are being told

The data shows lower-income Canadians are gaining ground but that’s not the story Canadians are being told

Thin margins make big savings impossible. When government steps in, costs don’t fall. They shift to taxpayers

Some Canadians are relying on debt to manage the high cost of food

The consumer carbon tax is gone but industrial carbon pricing isn’t. You pay it every time you buy food

The GST was sold to Canadians as a way to balance the budget, but today it mostly pays the interest on Ottawa’s debt

Tinkering with the GST credit may sound helpful, but it isn’t the kind of relief most families are looking for

Food inflation is driven less by climate change and more by interprovincial trade barriers, taxes and regulatory costs

It’s fixing a problem Parliament created and you’ll end up paying for