Guest column: The value of the new CRM rules
The CRM will help ensure a consistent standard of conduct in the investing process and enhance respect for advisors and firms
- By: Ian Russell
- March 31, 2012 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Latest news in Comment & Insight
To stadium or not to stadium?
REGINARegina's longtime mayor is stepping down. His grand plans for Regina may disappear as well
- By: Bruce Johnstone
- March 31, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 23:00
Quebec’s merry-go-round
QUEBEC CITYVoters seem deeply unimpressed by all of their options, giving and yanking support from one season to the next
- By: Kevin Dougherty
- March 31, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 23:00
Kicking the low interest rate habit
OTTAWAMany Canadians embrace low rates, but they also seem unaware of the downside of prolonged low rates on savings and pensions
- By: Gord McIntosh
- March 31, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 23:00
Is it a cavapoo? Or a chowchowapoopoo?
Modern dog design is getting more and more ambitious. But do you really want to walk a province?
- By: Paul Rush
- March 6, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 12:53
When a signature is not enough
Lengthy documents that clients sign without reading won’t provide protection in the exempt market
- By: Richard Austin
- March 6, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 12:49
Vital signs in the land of Nod
Just when it looked like everyone in Ontario was sound asleep — maybe even hibernating — signs of life are stirring.
- By: Gavin Will
- March 6, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 12:45
Pucks, sticks and dollars
Bank of Nova Scotia has hooked up with the Jets, adding another sports team to the bank’s sponsorship and marketing lineup
- By: Geoff Kirbyson
- March 6, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 12:41
Has union’s ship sailed?
Fish processing is in decline, but no one in Newfoundland and Labrador’s fish-plant towns wants to take the hit
- By: Gavin Will
- March 6, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 12:37
Budget 2012: Feds could learn from Ontario
Instead of looking to a credible third-party, Ottawa is imposing unilateral cuts
- By: Gord McIntosh
- March 6, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 12:33
Funding the big dream
Urban sprawl, car-choked streets, old-growth forests under threat. Greater Montreal hopes to deal with all of these issues via an ambitious, 20-year land use and…
- By: Andy Riga
- February 23, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 11:51
Canadian? Count your blessings
Despite our troubles, Canada is one of the best places on Earth in which to live and work
- By: Brian Lewis
- February 23, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 11:28
Promises, promises
The feds say the Enbridge pipeline to the West Coast is a slam dunk. Is that bluster?
- By: Brian Lewis
- February 23, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 11:18
Delivering the bad tidings
Harper’s recent comment about the need for reform of the public retirement system could create problems for his government
- By: Gord McIntosh
- February 23, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 11:04
Pass the tissues – and the scotch
The common cold is a full body experience, from the runny nose to the hacking cough. Why doesn’t it get more sympathy?
- By: Paul Rush
- February 7, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 11:58
Guest column: Striking the right balance
The new Fund Facts document is a major step forward; it should be tested and reviewed before further changes are made
- By: Joanne De Laurentiis
- February 7, 2012 November 17, 2019
- 11:54
Auditor butts heads
Nova Scotia’s enormous debt load has attracted the attention
- By: donalee Moulton
- February 7, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 11:47
Playing follow the leader
Voting patterns that shift almost overnight mean there’s no predicting who will be Quebec’s next leader
- By: Kevin Dougherty
- February 7, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 11:42
The joys of Jetsmania
It’s the ultimate bit of Canadiana — a Tim Hortons’ doughnut adorned with the Jets’ new logo
- By: Geoff Kirbyson
- February 7, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 11:38
Provinces vs feds: The outlook
With change on many fronts, it’s unclear which level of government should be responsible for what
- By: Gord McIntosh
- February 7, 2012 October 29, 2019
- 11:34
How to write an obit, the short version
Death notices are getting rather dramatic. All I want are the basics