Etiket: debt
Arrest of four suspects | Young man beaten and kidnapped over debt
Montreal police have arrested four young men suspected of having kidnapped and beaten a 19-year-old victim in early February. The attackers even threatened him with a gun, demanding payment of…
Quebec Budget 2024 | The “King of debt” pays for his electoral checks, according to the opposition
François Legault has been compared in turn by the opposition parties to a “King of debt” who poorly spent past surpluses, in particular by distributing electoral checks, with a budget…
Quebec Budget 2024 | Quebec infrastructure plan: the “hidden debt” continues to rise
(Quebec) The asset maintenance deficit, a sort of “hidden debt” of the State, continues to climb in Quebec despite record investments in infrastructure maintenance. Optimistic, the government thinks it can…
Quebec is on a poor track to achieve its debt reduction targets
“Without changes in budgetary policy,” Quebec’s public finances follow a trajectory where “expenditures would systematically exceed revenues,” according to a new report from the Institut du Québec unveiled Monday, on…
Hundreds of women go into debt by giving birth without health insurance
Giving birth with anxiety in your stomach and a checkbook in your hand: this is the reality experienced by the hundreds of women who give birth each year in Quebec…
Quebec must change its approach to reduce its debt
In his letter of February 26, published in The duty, Luc Godbout encouraged the government to plan a return to balanced budget in the not too distant future and to…
what is “sexual debt”, which 40% of French people say they have already felt?
Pleasing your partner or responding to a marital ideal, but without desire or desire: this feeling, taboo in a large part of society, is increasingly highlighted by young French people.…
Household debt is increasing | The duty
This text is part of the special Personal Finance section High interest rates and inflation fuel household debt. The situation could get worse as mortgage renewals increase. But not all…
United States | Public debt is “unsustainable” in the long term, according to Jerome Powell
(New York) The public debt of the United States is “unsustainable” in the long term and it is “high time” to remedy it, said Sunday the president of the Fed,…
The African debt crisis in an endless spiral
While the explosion of debt raises the specter of a paralysis of the world economy, several experts evoke the alarming situation of sub-Saharan Africa, which is going through “the worst…
A senior City of Montreal official who is in debt up to his neck is the target of an investigation for questionable expenditure of public funds
Recruited in 2022 while he was riddled with debt, a senior official of the City of Montreal is the target of an investigation into questionable expenses of public funds, our…
in Türkiye, galloping inflation causes excessive household debt
Welcome World Türkiye Inflation is so high in Turkey that many people live on credit. Even everyday products become luxury products. Published on 01/15/2024 4:20 p.m. Reading time: 2 min…
Precision Drilling moves ahead of its debt reduction targets
(Calgary) Precision Drilling says it is ahead of its debt reduction goals. The Calgary-based energy services company also reached its target for 2023, repaying $152 million in debt. Published at…
Going into debt to eat | The Press
The profiles of food aid users continue to evolve and their numbers to increase. Caught by the throat, more and more people are going into debt to pay for groceries.…
Evicted for $500 debt
Aicha* thought she would find herself on the street with her 10-year-old son last September, when she had to leave her job in a hurry to return to her home…
Fir$ | The tragicomic epic of a teenager in debt
For his first fiction feature film, Stéphane Moukarzel wanted to achieve a very precise balance between drama and comedy. With the help of his co-writer, Germain Larochelle, he has created…
Canadian household debt fell in the 3rd quarter
(Ottawa) Statistics Canada reports that the amount of debt Canadians have relative to their income decreased slightly in the third quarter, but the cost of servicing that debt relative to…
Fitch helps Greece turn the page on the debt crisis
The financial rating agency Fitch on Friday raised Greece’s long-term sovereign debt rating from BB+ to BBB-, with a “stable” outlook, placing the country in the so-called “investment” category. S&P…
“140 euros per month to live”, this farmer from “Love is in the meadow” up to his neck in debt
She is the French’s favorite presenter. It’s been years since the French audiovisual landscape has been without Karine Le Marchand, one of the essential faces of the sixth channel. And…
Shock wave in the world of beer in Quebec: riddled with debt, Triani reorganizes
Five Quebec microbrewers have been waiting for months for the $3 to $5 million owed to them by their distributor, Transbroue. The latter announced, Monday morning, the end of its…