Bank of Canada worried jumbo rate cut would send sign of ‘economic trouble’ – National

The Bank of Canada’s top decision makers worried the central bank’s oversized interest rate cut in October could send a dour signal about the state of the Canadian economy, according to new documents released Tuesday. The Bank of Canada delivered a rare 50-basis-point cut to its benchmark interest rate on Oct. 23, the fourth consecutive…

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Murray Sinclair, former senator who led Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dead at 73

Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has died at age 73. Sinclair died at a Winnipeg hospital early Monday morning “peacefully and surrounded by love,” his family said in a statement. “Mazina Giizhik (the One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky) committed his life in…

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