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Is Canada a land of opportunity?
September 13, 2010 – 10:32 pm | One Comment
Is Canada a land of opportunity?

If you were born today, which country would provide you the very best opportunity to live a healthy, safe, reasonably prosperous, and upwardly mobile life?

That’s the question that Newsweek magazine set out to answer…

Need a job? Come to Canada
July 19, 2010 – 10:35 am | 3 Comments
Need a job? Come to Canada

Canada has been getting a lot of love from the U.S. media lately. As the U.S. economy continues to flounder, the American press is saying, “Go North!”

Stubbornly high unemployment rates got you down? Not sold…

What the new Harmonized Sales Tax means to you
June 1, 2010 – 1:29 pm | No Comments yet. Add yours.
What the new Harmonized Sales Tax means to you

If you’re living in, or moving to, British Columbia or Ontario, you need to know about the new Harmonized Sales Tax, or HST.

This new tax is scheduled to take effect in B.C. and Ontario on…

Buying a house? Canada’s 6 cheapest cities
May 20, 2010 – 2:40 pm | One Comment
Buying a house? Canada’s 6 cheapest cities

Forbes recently ranked The Cheapest Canadian Cities To Buy A House, and the winner?

It’s certainly not Vancouver, which posted the largest price increase of Canada’s major markets in the first quarter of 2010.

And it’s…

Canadian cities to see economic growth in 2010
April 9, 2010 – 7:15 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Canadian cities to see economic growth in 2010

Good news for job-hunters, business owners, and investors in Canada:

The economies of all Canada’s major cities are expected to grow in 2010, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada.

This…