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Illustration by Selman Hosgör

How Canadian comedian Ola Dada spends his money

Donair burgers, bright-yellow Crocs and pre-show haircuts are all in the budget for Dada

Illustration by Selman Hosgör

Osheaga co-founder Nick Farkas has a thing for string lights

See what else Farkas splurged on in the lead-up to the festival’s return

How Olympic sprinter Sam Effah spends his money

Now one of two chefs de mission for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Effah shares how he splits his money between work and play

The Cost: One week of groceries in Toronto’s Kensington Market

This bike courier delivers for two food delivery apps, but earnings of $800-1200 per month means his budget is stretched thin

Kathleen Wynne’s re-election bid is off to a bad start

Jen Gerson: When you are seen to run a financially undisciplined nanny state, a pre-election spending spree is a bad idea

Economy strength fuels calls for rate hike

Econ-o-metric: Hockey playoffs help push April gains, bolsters signs of recovery

Drowning in debt is the new normal in Canada

An expert in consumer insolvency describes what it’s like on the front lines of Canada’s worsening household debt crisis

American finds austerity (the charts)

The U.S. did not have to destroy its economy to accomplish this incredible fiscal improvement

Quebec and students: worse than you think

Patriquin: there’s a normalcy to all this Gong Show-iness

The Bull Meter: Stephen Harper on ministerial budgets

Are cuts to ministerial spending just creative accounting?

What the leaders just won't say

What the party leaders just won’t say

Andrew Coyne on why it’s madness to ignore the fact that the boomers are about to retire