For international students, advance preparation can smooth move to new country

Published: 31 January 2025

Canada has some of the world’s leading business schools and attracts MBA students from around the world. However, moving to a new country is a major change, and Nitin Bishnoi (MBA’25) recommends...

US steel and aluminum tariffs will hurt aluminum-dependant towns in Quebec

Published: 21 February 2025

Imposing a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum could disrupt supply chains and drive up prices for everything from auto parts to canned goods. But for some towns in Quebec, the impact could be even...

McGill SGI’s Annual Grand Challenge winners tackle greenwashing in Canada’s energy transition

Published: 21 March 2025

At the McGill Desautels we believe in empowering students to tackle real-world challenges through innovation and collaboration. Last week, the McGill Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI), anchored...

Canada’s big pension funds hold lessons for funds elsewhere

Published: 27 March 2025

Canada’s big pension funds are the envy of fund managers in other countries. They’re something that the UK’s defined contribution plance could aspire to, writes Padraig Floyd in Pensions Expert. ...

SAQ stops selling dozens of Quebec-made gins

Published: 16 April 2025

Gin is a classic British spirit, but dozens of Quebec distillers have taken to making it their own, embracing James Bond’s favourite drink. The SAQ, however, is not doing Quebec’s gin distillers...

Patrick Augustin sets the record straight about Luxembourg

Published: 15 May 2025

Luxembourg is best known as a wealthy tax haven--if people know it at all. The tiny and wealthy country is a significant financial centre, but it also has the reputation of being a little dull. But...

Alberta-commissioned report on CPP withdrawal used flawed methodologies

Published: 29 January 2025

When Alberta commissioned a report on withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan, the resulting document claimed the province was entitled to $334 billion more than half of the plan’s total assets....

Large number of Canadians are missing out on pensions

Published: 13 February 2025

According to a report by the National Insitute on Ageing, there are around 200,000 people in Canada with registered pension plans who are eligible to claim them, but haven’t. Often, the unclaimed...

Retaliatory tariffs are economically unwise, but politically expedient

Published: 12 March 2025

With the United States both threatening and imposing tariffs, Canada has responded with counter-tariffs of its own. But could these measures do more harm than good?“Retaliatory tariffs are just a...

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