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To Have & Have Not: Canadians take sides on housing market, divided in desire for home prices to rise, or tank
High housing prices spreading outside urban hot zones, hurting Canadians from coast to coast April 7, 2021 – Home sweet home. Home, where the heart is. Work from home. Homeschooling. If the places where Canadians rest their heads at night
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Cost of Living: Majority of mortgage holders walking a thin line as interest rate begins to rise
Two-thirds who say their housing costs make their budget tight also say it’s difficult to feed their families March 7, 2022 – As the Bank of Canada wields rate hikes to battle inflation, it does so with the cost of
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Falling Behind: 53% of Canadians say they can’t keep up with the cost of living
Half of Canadians say they couldn’t manage a sudden expense of more than $1,000 February 28, 2022 – As inflation drives up the price of almost everything around them, new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds just over
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Price Check: Four-in-five say they’ve changed food buying habits because of increasing costs
Inflation crisis has one-quarter asking for supply management system to be relaxed February 22, 2022 – As rising food prices take a bite out of Canadians’ budgets, new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds four-in-five changing up their
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Inflation Anxiety: More Canadians say they’re worse off now financially than any time since 2010
Financial worry hammers low-income households as pandemic enters third year January 21, 2022 – A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds some Canadians struggling more than ever to endure the financial stresses of the pandemic, while others,
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Five issues to watch in 2022
December 27, 2021 – It’s the holiday season and Canadians are being told to limit their social contacts as the COVID-19 virus sweeps across the country. Many wait for their turn to get an immunization that will help protect them
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