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Cancelled flights, contradictory re-bookings and a customer service maze ended up costing me $1,500, writes Bruce Livesey. It doesn’t have to be this way. Bruce Livesey is a Toronto-based journalist, author and documentary filmmaker and can followed at @livesey416 on X

OTTAWA - Canada signed a joint statement in support of the International Criminal Court after the United States moved to sanction the organization Friday.

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Federal and provincial governments need the fiscal capacity to borrow heavily when major crises occur. Drawing on five premises about public debt, fiscal policy, and public behaviour, this Commentary argues that preserving the necessary fiscal capacity requires reducing debt-to-GDP ratios after crises; otherwise, repeated borrowing from progressively higher debt levels risks undermining investor confidence, raising borrowing costs, and eventually forcing governments into painful tax increases or spending cuts. Canada’s combined federal-provincial net debt-to-GDP ratio is now roughly 74 percent, placing it in a zone of “fiscal complacency.” This report divides public debt into three illustrative zones: “fiscal prudence” below roughly 67 percent, “fiscal complacency” between roughly 67 and 95 percent, and “forced austerity” above roughly 95 percent. These boundaries are deliberately approximate, but the framework highlights the value of maintaining enough fiscal room to absorb a large future shock without triggering higher borrowing costs.

To better serve its customers in Kingston, Ontario, a new Walmart Supercentre is expected to open in 2027. Walmart Canada will become the anchor tenant in the new SmartCentres development at Division St. & Highway 401, enhancing everyday convenience for the surrounding community. The approximately 142,000 square-foot Kingston East Walmart Supercentre will feature: