Federal Conservatives criticize mortgage stess-test The Federal Conservative Party of Canada's Deputy Shadow Minister for Finance offers to create a special subcommittee which will focus on studying the B-20’s influence, hoping for a possibility to eliminate it. Tom Kmiec says the Liberal Party made a cruel...

IMF says Canada’s facing risks with housing prices Although Canada’s housing market is still strong partially due to high market activity, especially in the sector of expensive properties, the International Monetary Fund warns about possible changes which could influence real estate prices and even affect...

May a conflict between Trump and Trudeau lead to recession in Canada? Specialists say a growing conflict between U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after the G7 summit is an unprecedented and disturbing issue which could even lead to recession in Canada. According...

New housing construction slows down in Canada The latest report by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) says the pace of new housing construction fell last month, pushed down by a double-digit decrease in multi-unit urban projects. This decline followed several months of above-average results. CMHC’s...

Trade uncertainty keeps growing. How will it affect Canada? On Thursday, the central bank’s governor said that trade uncertainty had become riskier than in April, and the influence of the latest U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel imports would be included into the new economic...