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Lenders can hike interest rates up to 59 per cent. One senator is trying to make that illegal.

A coalition of advocates, organizations and researchers is launching a nationwide day of action to demand affordable-internet policies from the federal government.

While interest rates remain pinned to historic lows, and while the country’s Big Six banks continue to rack up profits in the multibillions, a vast swath of borrowers have been cast out of the realm of conventional lending.

Loans Bad Credit Online – Use of payday loans surges amid COVID-19 pandemic, new survey finds

It’s fine for kids who have high-speed internet, fancy laptops and tech-savvy adults around to help out. This is a story about everybody else

Posted on February 18, 2021

Tenants and activists are beginning to push back against the threat to affordable housing posed by Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). 

A new report highlighting an increase in the use of high-interest instalment loans is calling on the federal government to create a national anti-predatory lending strategy.

Posted on February 17, 2021

L’Ontario autorise de nouveau les expulsions résidentielles dans les régions où l’ordre de rester à la maison est levé.