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OTTAWA (Reuters) - In a further effort to prevent the housing market from getting overheated, Canada's bank regulator will oversee the commercial activities of the federal housing agency under legislation introduced by the government on Thursday. In announcing the legislation, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he was giving the bank regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial …

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Canada bank watchdog to take role in housing market

The Medford Housing Authority has been under siege since last June started investigating allegations of favoritism in hiring and contracting under Robert Covelle, brother-in-law of the late Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola. Since then, armed state troopers have raided authority offices while authority officials have been called to testify before a state grand jury that is considering …

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Energy price speculation is cancerous for the economy and threatening to the fragile economic life of low wage workers. We must act to reduce fuel costs for financially weak labor force participants. A fuel tax rebate program can help address the problem

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Energy Futures Price Speculation is a ‘Private-Sector Tax’ on the Poor