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  • Should Canada join the EU?
    2025/08/08

    It's not as far-fetched as it sounds. Canada needs new economic allies, and we meet a lot of the criteria for membership. So could we? Should we? Montreal political scientist, Frederic Menard, outlines the pros and cons of joining the EU.

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    28 分
  • Rob Carrick on 3 decades of writing about personal finance
    2025/08/01

    The world of money has changed a lot since the 90s, and Rob Carrick has seen it all. From the 2008 financial crisis to the recent rise in housing prices, Rob looks back at a career as the personal finance columnist for the Globe and Mail.

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    28 分
  • New to Cost of Living? Start here!
    2025/08/01

    Money talks. We translate. Paul Haavardsrud looks at the way money shapes our lives in ways big, small, obvious, and unseen. New episodes drop every Friday.

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    1 分
  • This number is the magic key to your identity
    2025/07/25

    Social insurance numbers are like snowflakes. No two are alike. That's what makes them so valuable to the wrong kind of people. So if SINs are so important to hold close, why are we asked to share them so often?

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    27 分
  • Do you know where your retirement savings are? (Encore)
    2025/07/18

    Some of us might forget $20 in a coat pocket, but what about thousands of dollars in pension payments? It happens more often than you might think. We'll explain why Canadians lose track of their own retirement savings and how to reclaim them.

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    27 分
  • Here comes the sun (Encore)
    2025/07/11

    A world powered by solar energy has been on the horizon for years. But with costs dropping at a rapid pace, the renewable may be about to have its moment in the sun. So what could we achieve with all that cheap, unlimited energy?

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    27 分
  • Is Canada pulling back too much on immigration? (Encore)
    2025/07/04

    Massive population growth in the last few years put pressure on housing and healthcare. But all those people have also been pouring money into the economy and, by some accounts, keeping us out of a recession. So does a plan for negative population growth risk steering us into the economic ditch?

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    28 分
  • How do Americans feel about the trade war — and Canada?
    2025/06/27

    Trump's tariffs have caused a lot of aggro between Canada and the U.S. But on a personal level, many of us still have friends down south. NPR host Darian Woods with the economics podcast, The Indicator, joins us to talk about covering Trump, how average Americans feel about the tariffs and the state of our cross-border relationship.

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    28 分