Category: English

Budget 2025: Rules of survival

TORONTO – Canadians have waited with “bated breath” for a federal budget since April of 2024. “The Budget”, once presented, in the House of Commons, debated and approved (with or without amendments) serves as authority to tax and spend the people’s money (ours) in the interests of the country (ours). 

Toronto and GTA home sales down 9.5% in October from last year

TORONTO — Toronto’s infamous “housing crisis” seems to be constantly contradicted by the data: not only are there homes, but they even remain unsold. This is what emerges from the latest report from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB): according to the real estate board, home sales and prices in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) decreased in October compared to the previous year, due to persistent economic uncertainty. In fact, there are more and more homes that no one is buying.

Federal Budget: not an accounting exercise but an ambition

TORONTO – When it comes to the issues of political value, members of the Press and Media pontificate – a lot; make that always! I do it! Vigilance is part of “the “mandate”, or so I/we justify it. Exercised responsibly, press/media criticism represents a great privilege for those who do so on the public’s behalf. The Political process and its elected players are always a prime target – “low hanging fruit”, so the saying goes.