Banking charges rise amid consumer frustration in Canada
Canadian Business notes growing bank service charges cut into customers as fees increase and notices disappear. MP Bill Attewell pushes Commons action while junior minister Tom Hockin defends deregulation and consumer needs. TD cuts Visa unpaid balance rate to 15.9 percent and shifts fees to a flat six dollar annual charge. Continued on page 6.
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Ottawa
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Bank of Canada
Mobility and welfare in a zero-work-area Canada
A breakfast interview with Richard of Glace Bay Nova Scotia explores loyalty to home amid 60 percent local unemployment, mine closures, and a burned fish plant. He rejects leaving, hoping UI credits and welfare only after unemployment. The piece links regional mobility to the royal commission on unemployment insurance and editorials from Bow Island critiquing a growing welfare culture. The author asks readers if a family can stay on welfare where work is unavailable, inviting tough answers.
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Royal Commission On Unemployment Insurance
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