Tembo outlined what the three big parties promised on real estate in three blog posts. Given that the Liberals have been re-elected, let’s recap what they promised, and what changes (if any) are in store. Many of the Liberal Par …

Overall, we’re holding fast. August saw 90,000 jobs created across the country (when lockdowns are lifted, jobs come back, when they’re imposed – we lose employment). Our unemployment rate is at the overall historic …

Election 2021 is finally behind us. The end result of this $600M snap election in the middle of a fourth wave is a parliament that is almost exactly the same as the one that preceded it. As the Liberal Party did not lose any seats, th …

In our final Election 2021 housing blog post, we’re looking at the third party NDP’s platform under leader Jagmeet Singh. As is expected for the housing section of an NDP platform, it starts with building affordable housin …

Welcome to the second Election 2021 housing platform blog, with a quick dive into what the official opposition is proposing to do to help Canadians afford homes. The Conservatives are focusing on a platform that addresses four areas, …

With Election 2021 on and in full swing, Tembo will dedicate three blog posts to outline what each of the three parties is offering to tackle housing, increase affordability, and help people get their first homes. In this blog, we …

Inflation took up a lot of the statement, as was expected. Let’s summarize what the BOC said. First, they acknowledged that the inflation rate exceeds their band. It’s not at a level they’re comfortable with. They th …

In this blog, Tembo will dig into the BOC’s latest major statement to the media and the public from mid July, to try to understand the Bank’s analysis of the macro-economic situation Canada finds itself in. What the Bank d …

In a recent briefing to the media, Premier Ford had the following message: “Everyone’s worked hard: healthcare folks have worked hard, the people of Ontario… we just can’t go back, we have to go forward. We c …

The media have been whispering about a snap summer federal election for many months now, and the tempo of these ramblings has been increasing. In addition to the media chatter is a relentless amount of federal announcements in the las …

The Bank of Canada’s language on rates has tightened dramatically in the last several months. It was not long ago that BOC Governor Maklem was saying that rates would stay ultra low for many years to come – this to support …

For the last decade Canada has enjoyed inflation that never rose over 3%, hitting the Bank of Canada’s target. There were times when inflation was so low and unalarming that economists and public figures called for massive gover …