Twelve nations, including Canada, have reached a tentative deal on a massive Pacific Rim trading bloc billed as the largest-ever deal of its kind, with implications for hundreds of millions of people, hundreds of products and industries, and for long-term relationships between countries on four continents. “With this agreement, the largest economic partnership in […]
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WOW’s $99 Iceland Flights Challenge Established Airlines
The bargain basement airline business is littered with failures. But that doesn’t frighten WOW’s Icelandic founder Skúli Mogensen, who started the airline with a personal fortune he made in Montreal. Mogensen says his business represents the future and it is the establishment airlines who should worry. That may depend on whether WOW, which will begin next May by offering […]
Uber Vs. the World, How Cities Are Dealing With Ride-hailing Technology
“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 […]
