In neighbouring Burnaby, it takes almost five months less for typical housing development projects to receive a greenlight from city hall, and costs approximately $20,000 less in compliance fees per new dwelling unit.
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In order to give a good gift you have to understand, as economists do, that value is subjective.
Research shows that increasing financial transparency contributes to improved governance and reduced corruption.
Today, Standard and Poor’s downgraded the Alberta government’s credit rating in part due to “concerns of weak budgetary performances and rising debt burden.”
When federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau meets with his provincial and territorial counterparts next week, expanding the Canada Pension Plan will be on the agenda.
Housing markets in Canada’s largest cities are once again the subject of national news, this time because of an increase of the minimum down payments for government-backed mortgages.
A higher target rate will raise uncertainty about future inflation and be costly for the economy.
On the mainline general-interest CBC shows, you almost never hear praise for markets.
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