The Maple | Encouraging homeownership instead of economic security through social policy has been a recipe for disaster.

The Maple | In December, New Brunswick’s government rammed through legislation to end the defined benefit pension plans of roughly 16,000 workers.

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has insisted that government plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 are “no longer negotiable,” even as unions prepare for a mass walkout this week.