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Tara Deschamps

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Canadian Press journalist covering business.

14 Articles

More people rooming together to combat high housing costs, census results show

When Gina Athanasiou's father died in 2016, she realized her mother, who bounced between Canada and Greece for most of her life, didn't have a pension large enough to cover the soaring costs of a Toronto home.
News, Politics | July 14th 2022

Canadians still opt for downtown living, new census numbers show

The data showed more than 1.2 million people, or 3.5 per cent of Canadians, lived in the downtown portion of one of the country’s 41 large urban centres in the spring of 2021.
News | February 9th 2022

Ottawa extends more pandemic relief for businesses, workers

Canada's federal government offered a lifeline to businesses struggling amid the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding eligibility for two benefit programs.
Coronavirus in Canada
News, Politics | December 23rd 2021

Real estate industry worried Liberals' housing plan won't fix supply issues

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau unveiled his party's housing plan Tuesday, but real estate industry members are concerned it won't do much to alleviate a lack of supply.
Election 2021
News, Politics | August 24th 2021

Lineups at borders and airports loom as CBSA employees issue Friday strike notice

About 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers are preparing to begin job action across the country on Friday, August 6, 2021, and say travellers should expect long lineups and lengthy delays at border crossings and airports.
News, Politics | August 5th 2021

Feds encouraged to speed up tech bill as Facebook lashes out against Australian law

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault's promise to introduce legislation that would force tech giants like Facebook to pay Canadian media companies for their content is taking far too long, experts say.
News, Politics | February 19th 2021
Minister of Canadian Heritage, Steven Guilbeault,

Proposed changes to Broadcasting Act could raise $800M from streaming platforms

Online platforms like Netflix and Spotify may end up spending more than $800 million on Canadian content over the next three years under a series of policy changes the federal government has proposed.
News, Politics | November 3rd 2020
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland,

The new EI and the government's three new benefits for workers explained

The federal government is switching up its relief programs for unemployed Canadians after doling out $69.37 billion to 8.61 million people across the country whose jobs were impacted by COVID-19.
Coronavirus in Canada
News, Politics | August 21st 2020
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz,

Bank of Canada rate cut to cushion COVID-19 hit on economy

Canada's central bank was leaning towards cutting its trend-setting interest rate this week before the novel coronavirus pushed it to take a more dramatic step to get ahead of the shock the outbreak will have on the economy, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says.
News, Politics | March 6th 2020
 Sunira Chaudhri, Levitt LLP,

The corporate climb: women locked out of old boys' club in misguided Me Too backlash

A lawyer is asked whether a male executive should leave the door open when meeting with a woman.
News, US News, Politics | August 2nd 2018
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