BC Supreme Court orders new hearing in landlord-tenant case over procedural unfairness The landlord was denied a fair chance to respond to the tenant's evidence: court The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled that the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) failed to...

Hansard Transcripts Hansard Transcripts are the official report of what was said in the House of Assembly Friday, February 28, 2025 Suzy Hansen, NDP, Resolution 23 - Abusive landlords demanding such things as unlawful security deposits and application fees Tuesday,...

Trump's tariffs and Canadian apartments: What's next? Impact on apartment owners For apartment owners, the most immediate impact of a weakening economy is on rents. The rental market follows a pattern: class-A rents decline first, as high-income renters hesitate to...

Nova Scotia Power gets green light to raise power rates 2.4% The rate increase will help pay down a federally backed loan The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has given Nova Scotia Power the go-ahead to raise power rates an average of 2.4 per cent. The money...

Looming tariff threat creating chaos and uncertainty Contractors need to start conversations early and scrutinize contracts As the U.S. trade tariff dispute looms, construction businesses face uncertainty and potentially significant financial risks. Since assuming...

Canadian Tax Holiday Hiding Inflation Surge, BoC Should Pause Cuts: BMO Canada’s tax holiday ran for two months but it probably felt much shorter, and with good reason. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI) accelerated in January. The...

Capital Plan Released Nova Scotians will see job opportunities and economic growth from a historic capital plan investment in new and improved hospitals, public housing, schools, roads and highways. The government’s Capital Plan 2025-26 will invest more than $2.35...

Canadian rents, already dropping from peaks, could drop further from Trump’s tariffs CIBC deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal said the steel and aluminum tariffs that Mr. Trump implemented this week would have only a small impact on bringing rental prices down, even...

Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board isn't working for anyone, so how do the parties plan to fix it? Landlord calls for quick evictions in cases where tenants stop paying After losing more than $8,000 to a person he describes as "a professional tenant,"...

Canadian Interest Rates To Plunge Further, Test Historic Extremes: BMO Canada’s facing a trade war with its largest partner, and it may send interest rates plunging. BMO Capital Markets wrote to investors after the first round of tariffs were announced this weekend....