The basic income guarantee (BIG)—sometimes called a basic minimum income, or negative income tax—is hardly a new idea, but it is currently ...

If you’ve been following Canadian financial news lately, you’ll appreciate that the loonie has been slumping against the greenback. In mid-...

  There’s a new Premier in Quebec and she’s ready to roll up her sleeves and get to work improving the economy with her party’s plans. T...

Are you considering starting up or working for a small business? If so, you will be making a strong positive contribution to the Canadian ec...

The news is out – the recession is over! Or is it? Whatever you read today seems to have a different opinion. Some say that the worst...

Cars are a vital part of the Canadian culture, not to mention the economy. The recent recession had a devastating impact on automobile manuf...

It's best to begin with the good news. Overall, on the global level, the Canadian economy is in much stronger shape than the American ec...

Ever the employee's question, the issue has achieved far more relevance in the current economic climate. No longer is the annual salary ...

Much has been written these last few months about the effects if the recession, or whatever term one may wish to call the global economic s...

You have the idea and the knowledge. The desire, drive and ability are there. You're ready to dive into that new business but, alas, yo...

Thinking of opening your own small business? Many Canadians do. Nearly half the Canadian labour force is employed by small business. The que...

Money makes the world go 'round. It also gets your startup business up and running. Many a new business venture has failed due to a lac...

The results of a new poll released this week by the Canadian Payroll Association revealed some surprising statistics and facts about the av...

British Columbia has been seriously affected by the global recession. As a province with many communities heavily reliant on resource-based ...

Looking back just a little, the current recession took hold in 2007 when the inflated U.S. real estate bubble exploded. The speed with which...

Statistics are like a cat. Rub its fur one way and it purrs; rub the other way and the results are somewhat less positive. So it is with e...

One of the most difficult results of the financial recession has been the drastically reduced amount of credit available to small businesses...

However you dissect the finances of a business, specifically a small business, cash is the primary component of the bottom line. The more ca...

With predictions abound of economic recovery in the third quarter of this year, the Bank of Canada has issued a warning – not its first – t...

Government officials and economic analysts are in common agreement that Canada is headed out of the recession. While there are disagreements...