Ali Amad

3 weeks ago | bccpa.ca | Jack Blackwell |Ali Amad |Brian Morcombe |Aliya Goldan

The federal property flipping rules came into effect on January 1, 2023, to address the government’s concerns about the rapid escalation of housing prices and speculative real estate activity. These rules were intended to create stability in the housing market and ensure that homes would be used for residential purposes rather than as short-term investments.

3 weeks ago | torontolife.com | Ali Amad

Who: Liz Craig, 33What she does: Piano teacher and wedding musicianWhat she makes: $170,000 a yearWhere she lives: A three-bedroom, three-bathroom semi in PickeringRegular ExpensesMortgage: $2,150 a month. “I used to live in downtown Toronto, but I moved to Pickering in 2020 for more space. I’m lucky—this rate is comparable to what I used to pay for rent.”Internet: $70 a month with Bell. “They offered everyone on my street a great deal, so I switched from Rogers.”Hydro: $60 a month.

1 month ago | canadianbusiness.com | Ali Amad

Ideas When CEO Andrew Ostro co-founded PolicyMe in 2018 alongside Laura and Jeff McKay, they were a small, tight-knit team. They shared a common ambition of simplifying insurance for Canadians by making it more affordable and cutting approval wait times. Working together at the same desk, it was easy to stay on the same page.

1 month ago | torontolife.com | Ali Amad

Who: Jack Rozdilsky, 56, professor of disaster and emergency management, York UniversityKnown for: Training the next generation of catastrophe expertsMoved from: Western Illinois University in August of 2016Disaster management isn’t for the faint of heart. How did you end up in the field? I’ve always been drawn to complex questions that don’t have easy answers. Disasters are like that.

1 month ago | torontolife.com | Ali Amad

Earlier this month, a top White House economist made headlines by citing an Ontario-based academic’s research to justify Donald Trump’s latest volley in the trade war with China: sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports, which surpassed 245 per cent on April 15. But Pau Pujolas, the McMaster professor behind the paper in question, says the Trump administration cherry-picked his work to justify a policy it was never meant to support.