5 h. ago Huge share of Canadian renters blame housing crisis on wages

A new survey by online marketplace rentals.ca shows that many Canadian renters feel priced out of the housing market, with several factors driving unaffordability.The 2025 Federal Election Survey questioned hundreds of Canadian renters and discovered that over 40 per cent blamed the housing crisis on wage stagnation compared to housing prices.A total of 47 per cent of renters surveyed also identified stagnant wages and rising housing costs as a key issue in the upcoming federal election."Renters are just as concerned about affordability pressures and economic fairness as they are about supply constraints," stated the report."While issues for currently undecided voters were similar to the broader population, they did skew more towards concerns with inflation and wage stagnation, indicating that addressing the overall cost of living could be the key for parties hoping to win over these swing voters."A recent report from Normandin Beaudry, an actuarial consulting service, sai...

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4 d. ago In a time of unaffordability, Canadian 'housing nationalism' shouldn't be a dirty word

Douglas Todd: Healthy attempts to reduce foreign money’s distortion of the housing market shouldn't be demonized as xenophobic, new study says.

Society

7 d. ago Why Canada is on Trump’s ‘Dirty 15’ tariff list but Russia and Iran are not

The label was introduced by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as part of a broader tariff policy aimed at addressing trade disparities with the U.S.

Economics

2 w. ago What happened to housing the last time Trump tariffed Canada?

A look back at tariffs’ impact on the Canadian housing market during U.S. President Trump’s first term.

Economics

2 w. ago Toronto brewery has survived for 25 years amid Ontario's evolving alcohol industry

With all the ups and downs that come with the economy and the beer industry, Toronto-based Steam Whistle Brewing has managed to stay not just afloat but successful for the past few decades, and in just a couple of days, it is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary.The idea for the brewery was dreamed up in the spring of 1998 by three friends — Greg Taylor, Camp Heaps, and Greg Cromwell — on a canoe trip in Ontario. The trio had been colleagues at Upper Canada Brewing Company before it was bought out, and in March 2000, the self-named "Three Fired Guys" founded the company.Born at the John Street Roundhouse, Steam Whistle uses four all-natural ingredients to brew its Pilsner — a beer that gleams with a golden hue and offers aromas of fresh-baked bread and saaz hops. Built in 1929, the historic building that now houses the Steam Whistle Kitchen and Tap Room was formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive repair facility.The brewery's loca...

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3 w. ago Ontario Premier Says He’ll Cut Power Exports to US If Necessary

Ontario’s premier repeated that he’s willing to shut off electricity exports to the US to send a message to the White House after President Donald Trump said he’ll double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50%.

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