“Uber is so big and so pervasive, it’s like the internet of transportation,” says John-Kurt Pliniussen of Queen’s University’s School of Business. Even in the face of negative headlines about sexual assaults, concerns over data privacy, protests from taxi drivers, raids on its offices and outright bans, the California-based ride-hailing company continues to grow. Toronto city council asked staff to develop new rules to […]
Payments To Doctors In Canada Hit $24B In 2014
Provincial and territorial governments paid out a total of $24.1 billion to physicians in 2013-2014, a nearly six-per-cent increase from the year before, according to the latest data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. While payments to physicians varied across the country, Canadian doctors’ average earnings before expenses were nearly $336,000 last year, […]
Your Vote Gets A Better CPP Or Bigger TFSA, Not Both
A couple of election issues that affect you more than most have barely seen the light of day in this campaign. True, they’re not as sexy as some others, but the pros and cons of a bigger Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) limit and the discussion over whether to expand the Canada Pension Plan […]
DiCaprio’s move to sell oil stocks may affect Canada
The announcement that Leonardo DiCaprio is throwing his star power behind fossil fuel divestment caused a debate at the CBC business unit this week. The movie star, who recently played a cutthroat market manipulator in Wolf of Wall Street, has a different attitude in handling his own investments. He’s a well-known environmentalist who was an early adopter of […]
California drought drives cities to filter drinkable water from sewage
The liquid in the trough below looks remarkably like iced tea. But trust me, you don’t want to drink it. Not yet. “This is the first step of our treatment process,” says Denis Bilodeau, vice-president of the Orange County Water District, on a metal catwalk next to a canal of municipal sewage. California drought: ‘Water cops’ hope to curb […]
