Physical distancing and isolation measures may force family court system to change for the better With courts closed across the country, separated and divorced couples are facing the prospect of not having access to a judge for what could be months. The courts have made exceptions for urgent cases, but these […]
Without support from the richest economies, some of the world’s poorest could face catastrophe, experts warn Even as millions of Canadians look to Ottawa for support through the COVID-19 lockdown, there are growing concerns that chaos in the world’s most indebted regions will delay a global economic recovery. Reports of a […]
This is the very best that we are: Because COVID-19 infections are below forecast levels in Alberta, the provincial government is donating ventilators and personal protective equipment to Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. “I, for one, as an Albertan and as a Canadian, could not in conscience watch us stockpile […]
Doctors have been preparing for the worst, a deluge of desperately ill COVID-19 patients who are overwhelming resources and making the necessary decisions about who receives life-saving care. On the plane to it, many doctors, nurses, and other personnel who run the country’s intensive care units have also feared for […]
Economic downturns are inevitable, but they’re not usually so severe. And once-in-a-generation recessions don’t tend to occur just a decade apart Aviv Russ feels like the cards have been stacked against his generation — and he’s not wrong. Russ is a millennial, the infamous cohort of people born between 1981 and 1996. He […]
The 2021 federal deficit is expected to reach $ 184 billion, or 8.5 percent of GDP, as Ottawa introduces new and expensive spending measures to combat the economic consequences of COVID-19. The latest deficit projection, released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer on Thursday, is more than triple the previous deficit […]
A tail-risk hedge fund advised by Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan,” returned 3,612% in March, paying off massively for clients who invested in it as protection against a plunge in stock prices. The fund, managed by Universa Investments of Miami, had a year-to-date return of 4,144% through the […]
The US national debt pushed above $24 trillion on Tuesday. The US government was already running massive budget deficits long before the coronavirus pandemic and the debt was piling up at a dizzying pace. Response to the outbreak has put spending and debt in hyperdrive. The US government added $1 […]
A permanent 20% reduction of public service pay seems warranted. Either that or the doubling of pension plan contributions The demands on the federal government are rising at a record pace. The Parliamentary Budget Officer was predicting the federal deficit would hit $112.7 billion even before the government announced its […]
It is necessary to indicate that, the debate on the weapons of the United States is generally framed in what happens within the borders of the United States. But the effects of easy access to weapons don’t end where Canada and Mexico begin. Certainly, the mass shootings in El Paso, […]