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Is Canada Bridging the Financial Inclusion Gap? Here’s What the Latest Data Shows
December 24, 2024 Authors: Eloise Duncan and Shela Tran, Financial Resilience Institute What is Financial Inclusion anyway? Financial inclusion refers to the ability of individuals and...
Financial Resilience Gender Gap Narrows in Canada but Barriers Persist
Opportunities to Advance Gender Equality and Empowerment December 10, 2024 Authors: Eloise Duncan and Gaurangi Gyanesh Singh Financial Resilience Gender Gap is Narrowing in Canada The...
Two-thirds of Canadians choose the word ‘saver’ to describe their main money personality
Rob Carrick – Globe and Mail October 24, 2023 If you were to pick a dominant theme in Canadian personal finance, you could do a lot worse than debt. We’re among the world’s leaders in taking...
How much Canadians have fallen behind amid high inflation and who’s hurting the most
Source: Bloomberg February 8, 2023 Inflation has eroded purchasing power for many Canadians, but the experience with rapidly rising prices has been far from uniform. While the inflation rate...
Uh, Mr. Poilievre? Canada Pension Plan premiums are not a tax
Uh, Mr. Poilievre? Canada Pension Plan premiums are not a tax. Source: Rob Carrick, Globe and Mail September 27, 2022 It’s a little insensitive, but necessary, to raise the issue...
Trudeau announces billions in cost-of-living relief, says it won’t fuel inflation
Double GST rebate and top up housing benefit for renters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a package of new measures to help Canadians cope with steeply rising prices, as his governing...
Stress in America. Money, inflation, war pile on to nation stuck in COVID-19 survival mode.
Source: The American Psychological Association | Date: May 19, 2022 March 11, 2022, marks the second anniversary of the COVID-19 global pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization. In the...
Canadian Inflation Blows Past Expectations, Spiking to 6.7%
Source: Bloomberg | April 20, 2022 Canadian consumer price inflation shot past expectations in March, jumping to a new three-decade high and cementing expectations the Bank of Canada will...
Financial Resilience Index: A New Tool to Refine Income Support
Governments were generous and broad in their financial support during the COVID-19 pandemic, but as the economy returns to a normal state – and fiscal positions remain under strain – it is...
New Study on the financial resilience and financial well-being of low-income Canadians
TORONTO, Nov. 1, 2021 /CNW/ - Despite their best efforts, many low-income households in Canada have seen their finances deteriorate significantly over the past year and are having trouble finding...