by Kevin Russell | Oct 30, 2026 | News
Not All Heroes Wear Capes When fire broke out at a 36-unit apartment building in Shediac, New Brunswick, early on October 29, resident superintendent Erica Nan Hepditch moved quickly to help her neighbours escape. Alerted by a tenant banging on her door around 4 a.m.,...
by Kevin Russell | Oct 30, 2026 | News
Evidence-Based Decisions—Except on Rent Control? DID YOU KNOW? Approximately 93% of economists surveyed agreed that rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. Only 6.5% disagreed. Two decades later, another panel of leading economists...
by Kevin Russell | Oct 30, 2026 | News
Bank of Canada raises policy rate to 2.5% as inflation pressures persist The Bank of Canada raised its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.5% on October 28, its first increase since July 2023. Governor Tiff Macklem said persistent energy-price...
by Kevin Russell | Oct 23, 2026 | News
Rent Control Cannot Force Rental Housing Providers to Stay in Business DID YOU KNOW? Governments can legislate limits on rent increases, but they cannot legislate rental housing providers into remaining in business. For approximately two decades before Nova Scotia...
by Kevin Russell | Oct 23, 2026 | News
Economic and fiscal outlook — October 2026 The Parliamentary Budget Officer forecasts Canadian economic growth of 0.9% in 2026 and 1.5% in 2027, reducing its previous projections as tariffs and trade uncertainty weigh on the outlook. The federal deficit is projected...
by Kevin Russell | Oct 23, 2026 | News
Nova Scotia records Atlantic Canada’s largest commercial property-tax rate gap Commercial properties in Nova Scotia face municipal base tax rates averaging 2.46 times residential rates, the highest average among the four Atlantic provinces examined in CFIB’s 2026...
