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The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday as it downgraded its 2019 growth forecast based on its prediction the economy nearly ground to a halt at the start of the year. To read the complete article click here.

The Bank of Canada is leaving its key interest rate unchanged and is pointing to increased uncertainty about the timing of future rate hikes following the economy’s abrupt deceleration in late 2018. To read entire article click here.  

Finance Minister Carole James laid out a mostly stay-the-course provincial budget Tuesday in Victoria, albeit, with some surprises. To see the 10 biggest takeaways from B.C.’s 2018-19 provincial budget click here.

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The Bank of Canada walked back some of its enthusiasm about the nation’s outlook in a decision that kept interest rates unchanged, saying the economy may have more capacity than previously thought to grow without fueling inflation. The Ottawa-based central bank kept its overnight benchmark rate at 1.75 percent, reiterating it expects to eventually remove… Read more »

Questrade Wealth Management Inc. of Toronto has agreed to make a voluntary payment of $2.9 million to settle allegations that it failed to identify and respond to conflict of interest when it sold eight of it’s ETFs to Toronto-based Wisdom Tree Asset Management Inc. in July 2017, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced Tuesday. To… Read more »

October 2018 VPI Canadian Balanced Pool – Balanced Growth To read the complete newsletter click here

September 2018 VPI Foreign Equity Pool – Growth and Protect To read the complete newsletter click here