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Affordable housing increasingly expensive to build
(Quebec) The Legault government’s new affordable housing program faces a significant increase in construction costs of more than 30%, with a price per unit exceeding $450,000. Quebec assures that this…
expensive and not very effective
Published on 04/18/2024 10:02 Video length: 1 min Facial sunscreens: expensive and not very effective A UFC-Que Choisir survey shows that a third of facial sunscreens do not live up…
Budget Freeland: end of a long and expensive striptease in Ottawa
OTAWA | Severely down in the polls since the end of the summer, Justin’s Liberals have taken major measures to turn things around and used an unusual tactic by unveiling…
The dismantling of the Champlain Bridge more expensive due to the pandemic
Traces of the old Champlain Bridge which spanned the St. Lawrence River for several decades, between Brossard and Montreal, have now disappeared from the Montreal landscape. The dismantling of the…
Why are electric cars expensive to insure?
Electric car insurance is very expensive. Sometimes more than gasoline cars. For what? One of our readers is complaining about taking a huge increase in insurance for his 2023 Tesla…
Montreal | Expensive smart trash cans with disappointing results
“Smart trash cans” were supposed to improve waste collection on Montreal’s commercial streets. But the first borough to adopt them gave up, believing that these trash cans, which cost between…
“Further investigation”. Paris 2024: the expensive stadiums
Published on 03/27/2024 09:04 Update on 03/29/2024 00:17 Video length: 74 min This live is over. Come back in a few minutes to watch the replay. Virtually no Olympic Games…
Where are the most expensive properties in the country?
It is this chic question that the real estate platform Point2 looked into. Conclusion: it is the town of Delta, a suburb of Vancouver, which has the greatest concentration –…
Shrimp roll soon to be more expensive?
All eyes are on northern shrimp: negotiations between the industry and Quebec fishermen begin next week to establish the value of the crustacean this year. In fish markets, there are…
Minister Duranceau abandons abused women. It’s expensive!
In April 2021, in response to a significant wave of feminicides, the Legault government promised to release sums for the construction of shelters. In 2024 the cost of these projects…
Video Patients received on line in less than 5 minutes, expensive and unnecessary examinations… “Further investigation” in a health center with questionable practices
Published on 03/15/2024 1:14 p.m. Video duration: 5 min Patients received on line in less than 5 minutes, expensive and unnecessary examinations… “Further investigation” in a health center with questionable…
Women’s shelters are too expensive, according to Duranceau
At $800,000 a door and beyond, projects for shelters for victims of violence are blocked by the government because they cost too much, argues the Minister responsible for Housing, France-Élaine…
Trans Mountain estimates widening project costs will be 10% more expensive
(Calgary) A new regulatory filing shows the company behind the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion now estimates project costs will be 10 per cent higher than the May 2023 estimate of…
It’s expensive to put an end to the union follies of yesteryear
We suspected it, we now understand the full extent of it. The public sector agreements cost quite a bit more than expected. The government had set aside $9 billion in…
ArriveCAN as expensive as 600 border services agents, union says
Rather than investing around sixty million dollars in the application ArriveCANOttawa could have hired 600 border services agents for a year, which would have given it much better performance at…
More expensive for less: grocery store scam
A grocer wrote to me to make me aware of an aberrant and continuing situation. I guess this owner of a small grocery store endures daily comments from consumers exasperated…
“The consumer must realize that virtuous food is more expensive”, according to researcher Sébastien Abis
Less than 10 days before the opening of the Agricultural Show in Paris, agricultural unions are received Tuesday by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Sébastien Abis, researcher at Iris, who published…
“The consumer must realize that virtuous food is more expensive”, according to researcher Sébastien Abis
Less than 10 days before the opening of the Agricultural Show in Paris, agricultural unions are received Tuesday by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Sébastien Abis, researcher at Iris, who published…
Why renovate rather than demolish the very expensive Montreal Olympic Stadium?
The best caricature concentrates, if not the truth, at least a widely shared opinion on beings or things. So, this week, when Quebec announced its intention to spend $870 million…
Building five times smaller, rent twice as expensive… In Paris, the Republicans are in the middle of moving
The party led by Eric Ciotti saw its finances collapse in recent years. Hence the need to move premises invested in 2011, during the UMP era. Published on 01/02/2024 07:48…