Category: Canada Finance

Financial Insights That Matter Canada’s Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney speaks to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa. (Credit: DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images) The Liberal Party of Canada in a stunning turnaround has won the federal election  and though the final results have yet to come it looks like he […]

Financial Insights That Matter By promit mukherjee and david ljunggren OTTAWA, April 30 (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada discussed whether to cut rates again earlier this month but decided not to given the uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs, according to minutes of discussions released on Wednesday. After seven consecutive cuts since last June the […]

Financial Insights That Matter By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) -Royal Bank of Canada said on Tuesday that it would abandon its sustainable finance goals, citing recent changes to Canada’s competition act that require companies to prove their environmental claims. “We have reviewed our methodology and have concluded that it may not have appropriately measured certain […]

Financial Insights That Matter CNN — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country would “never” yield to the United States as he declared victory in federal elections early Tuesday, following a campaign overshadowed by relentless provocations and steep trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. The Liberal Party leader issued a stunning rebuke […]

Financial Insights That Matter EXCLUSIVE: Following his work on Best Picture Oscar nominee Conclave, director Edward Berger looks to have zeroed in on his potential next project and is teaming with one of the town’s biggest stars. Sources tell Deadline that, following a competitive situation, A24 has landed the hot package The Riders with Academy […]

Financial Insights That Matter Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem and his team held rates this month. (Credit: TONY CALDWELL/Postmedia) The Bank of Canada decided to stand pat at its most recent meeting, which it will come to regret. The central bank also pulled forward guidance and laid out two scenarios: one was the unalloyed […]

Financial Insights That Matter For the 2023 taxation year, the Canada Revenue Agency issued more than 19 million refunds, averaging $2,294. (REUTERS/Blair Gable) · REUTERS / Reuters It’s worth remembering that a tax refund from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is no different from the change you get at the supermarket after handing over some […]

Financial Insights That Matter A decommissioned pumpjack, right, sits idle beside a functioning one drawing out oil and gas from a well head near Carstairs, Alta., Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world and is the world’s fourth largest oil producer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh · The Canadian […]

Financial Insights That Matter Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 4 days. The ex-dividend date is one business day before a company’s record date, which is the date on which the company determines which shareholders are entitled to receive a dividend. The ex-dividend date is of consequence because whenever a […]