Ontario has joined Ottawa in exempting rental housing projects from sales tax. But stronger measures are needed to bring down rental prices
Category: Consumer
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The tech to recycle clothes is only just being invented
Researchers have invented a machine that scans garments, cuts out zippers and buttons with a laser and another that yanks soles off shoes
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Climate-neutral ads mislead: Swiss consumer protection agency
Slogans “C02 neutral,” “climate neutral” or “climate positive” are misleading as there is no definitive method to measure climate neutrality
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Israel-Hamas conflict could lead to oil price spike
Oil prices have already risen six per cent since Israel-Hamas war began. The World Bank says optimistically, prices could rise 3-13 per cent
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Basic income: Canada’s next big social program?
Ontario cancelled its basic income pilot project, but efforts to create a basic income remain active in B.C., P.E.I. and Parliament
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Passenger rights just got a lot stronger
Proposed changes to Canada’s passenger rights regime will make it harder for airlines to avoid compensating passengers for flight disruptions
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Canada central bank holds key lending rate at 5 per cent
There is growing evidence past interest rate increases are dampening economic activity and relieving price pressures: Bank of Canada
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California suspends tests of GM’s self-driving car
A self-driving car operated by Cruise ran over a woman after she was first knocked in front of it by a hit-and-run driver in San Francisco
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Young families flock to mobile homes
High costs of living are prompting many young families to turn to mobile homes for housing. The communities are nice but it’s not all roses
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Amazon to expand drone delivery into Britain and Italy
Amazon delivery drones are already at work in California and Texas, and a new MK30 model will be able to operate in more extreme weather conditions than those currently in use,