Sentences with phrase «lower cost to canadian»

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It's one of many Canadian startups in the financial technology (fintech) space deploying low - cost, Internet - only business models to disrupt the way bricks - and - mortar banks operate.

Interest rates have been falling since the early 1990s, lowering mortgage carrying costs and opening up homeownership to a greater swath of Canadians.

Canadian Solar, which is one of the lowest - cost solar manufactures in the world, has exposure to many of these growing international markets.

This means that cost inflation shrinks the tax and royalty base, lowering the value that resource owners (Albertans) receive via royalties as well as the payments made to Alberta and Canadian government treasuries via taxes.

It's one of the country's largest oil and gas producers, but, says Cheng, price differentials between Canadian and world oil prices, low natural gas prices, cost inflation and project delays caused investors to get antsy.

The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would have to find about $ 43.1 billion to cover the full cost of the program because Ottawa already spends about $ 32.9 billion a year on support to low - income Canadians.

The pitfall of the low Canadian dollar is that the majority of firms now have to deal with higher costs for imported goods.

Over and over, she repeated the same messages: «Food is very close to my heart,» «Our job is to lower the cost of living for the Canadian consumer.»

That's a reference to Canadian households» heavy debt burden, and lower borrowing costs only would encourage more borrowing.

A blockchain - based clearing system has the potential to be more efficient, and lower costs for both issuers and investors, said Frank Allen, the executive director of the Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investment Rights.

A commodities boom has driven the Canadian dollar from a 62 cents US low up to parity, vaporizing any labour cost advantage we previously enjoyed over the U.S. and changing the structure of the economy; at the margin, a Canadian worker adds far more to our economy by extracting resources than by building cars.

Economists operate in the realm of reason and there is something unreasonable about the unwillingness of Canadian executives to take advantage of the lowest borrowing costs they will ever see.

The Ontario government pledged on Monday to lower electricity costs for residents of the Canadian province as it sought to provide balm for an issue that has become an irritant with voters.

The changes to the Canadian securities laws if adopted would allow the general public to invest in equity crowdfunding online, and companies to offer small amounts of equity with less disclosure thus driving the cost of raising capital lower and widening participation at the same time.

Canadian firms can compete in foreign markets partly by making use of lower - cost imported inputs, which raises their productivity.6 And their exports of intermediate products are linked to their trading partner's trade performance.

My own take is that these transitions have been a net benefit to the Canadian economy, and that the transition costs have been surprisingly low.

For example, Recommendation 5 states «That the federal government reaffirm is already strong commitment to keep taxes low and not impose on Canadians any form of carbon tax that would harm key sectors of the economy, while passing the costs on to Canadian families».

A new model devised by Canadian business professors is showing promising signs in lowering costs and reducing the likelihood of offering kidneys to patients with severe conditions that make them ineligible for a transplant.

We will establish the Canadian Infrastructure Bank to provide low - cost financing for new infrastruct...

But the carbon tariff would actually offset what amounts to a subsidy for Canadian consumers buying from low - cost but high - emission producers.

The joint Regulatory Cooperation Action Plan announced this week seeks to lower costs for businesses and consumers, increase trade and investment, and help U.S. and Canadian companies compete more effectively with new, strong rivals in global markets.

In 2013, some of the Canadian components of the Sleepy Portfolio started to change to take advantage of lower - cost offerings flooding the market.

«At the most basic level, this pipeline increases prices realized by Canadian producers, allows more crude to flow by pipeline out of Western Canada, and consequently lowers the amount of crude by rail which is a much less cost - effective and more polluting method of transport,» he said.

U.S. softwood lumber production is on the rise, with more Canadian - owned sawmills located in the U.S. than in Canada due to lower labour costs, higher timber availability, and higher demand.

This gives Canadian banks stability and liquid funds at a lower cost, meaning the savings are passed down to borrowers in the form of lower rates.

TORONTO, APRIL 9, 2018 — Franklin Templeton Investments Canada today announced a management fee reduction for Franklin Liberty Canadian Investment Grade Corporate ETF (FLCI) to provide Canadians with an actively managed, investment grade corporate ETF at a lower cost.

«Chase Paymentech has been a terrific partner for Canadian small and medium - sized businesses and the CFIB is happy to renew our partnership with Chase, as they serve our members well and offer the lowest payments processing costs available to smaller firms,» said Dan Kelly, CEO of the 109,000 - member organization.

«As we enter our 20th year in Canada, we want to help find new ways to help lower the cost of living for Canadians.»

Introduced everyday low pricing to the Canadian retail marketplace to help lower the cost of living for Canadians.

HashChain taps low - cost Canadian power, cool climate and high - speed Internet: the trifecta most critical to mining success, to create a competitive position for maximizing the number of mining «wins.»

However, some offset to increasing costs is coming from lower prices for imported inputs due to the recent appreciation of the Canadian dollar.

The Eastern Winery Exposition is an Eastern - focused wine industry trade show and conference designed to provide the Eastern U.S. and Canadian wineries and vineyards with an easily accessible, low - cost professional meeting with a large number of winery and vineyard suppliers, at the right time of year.

We're a group of Canadian moms striving to provide quality, sustainable cloth diapers to interested low income / struggling families that can not afford the initial start up costs associated with cloth diapering.

To lower shipping costs for everyone involved, we will be separating Canadians, Internationals and Americans.

She has reduced the number of County employees by over 11 % without lay - offs and the County's health - care costs are lower now than they were in 2005 due to numerous reforms including the landmark Canadian Drug program.

This Canadian organization has set out to lower the cost of cancer treatments while also making them more effective by embracing a new wave of synthetic biology technology.

The company complements expert investment insights with proprietary algorithms and an interactive website to bring sophisticated and low - cost investment management to every Canadian.

While Canadian customers can expect to see upwards of 45 percent lower shipping costs and packages delivered in less than three days due to the proximity of these facilities to creators in these regions.

These new ETFs offer low cost, transparency, active management, diversification, and a range of asset classes combined with a tax deferred structure to deliver an investment advantage for Canadians.

Index investors in the US have always had it easier than Canadians, thanks to lower costs and more choices.

The company complements expert investment insights with proprietary algorithms and an interactive website to bring sophisticated and low - cost investment management to every Canadian.

But, as Canadian Couch Potato pointed out, a lower cost alternative to the iShares S&P / TSX ETF (XIU) is likely not the first thing that many investors would wish for.

Canadians can invest directly through low - cost companies such as Philips Hager & North, Mawer, Steadyhand and McLean Budden, though direct - sold funds make up a mere 8 % of fund assets in this country, according to the report.

Each allows Canadians to profit from the high exchange rate on the loonie, plus low local labour costs, without sacrificing access to Western - style amenities.

Which is a shame, because the South Korean capital is easy to explore, has some fascinating sights and — thanks to the strong Canadian dollar and Korea's low - cost attractions — is invitingly affordable.

Neil Gross, executive director of investor rights group FAIR Canada, says for the most part Canadian consumers are too complacent in terms of tolerating fees from companies such as banks, rather than switching to lower - cost options such as credit unions or some of the emerging financial technology startups.

Then Canadians need not look anywhere outside Vanguard to build a low cost globally diversified portfolio.

Tom Drake from Canadian Finance Blog was recently featured on the Globe & Mail — he uses low cost ETFs and a discount broker to keep his investing fees low.

With so many Canadians hungry for low cost financial services, it seems inevitable that zero - commission trading, akin to the Robinhood model, will come to Canadians.

PTFs offer all Canadian investors lower cost actively - managed mutual funds, with savings of up to 35 per cent and no minimum investment requirements.