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Levels of both employment and savings are strong, yet 36 per cent of non-homeowners under the age of 40 have given up on owning a home. And what is worse: 62 per cent of Canadians say that most people will be priced out of the housing market in the next decade, according to the RBC Spring Housing Poll. CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid takes a closer look in her column on CTVNews.ca. 9

Lost in this current outbreak of vaccine vacillation is the slowly-dawning political realization that the wrong people are being prioritized for the shot, writes Don Martin in his exclusive political column for CTVNews.ca. 7

Quebec's response to the COVID-19 crisis should serve as am example for all those who will study public health and epidemiology on how not to handle a pandemic, writes Michael Levy.

Since the start of the pandemic, 12 women have been murdered in the context of domestic violence. Of these women, eight lost their lives in the past eight weeks.

The unwritten conclusion of that scathing auditor general's report into how the Public Health Agency botched early pandemic detection in Canada is obvious: Replace Dr. Theresa Tam, writes Don Martin in his exclusive political column for CTVNews.ca. 5

Justin Trudeau must be delighted the Supreme Court has ruled that his carbon taxes are constitutional. As for Quebec, while it may not like the ruling on political grounds of federal government infringement on Quebec’s jurisdiction, the ruling does favour Quebec’s position on climate change. It gives Quebec a competitive advantage.

A significant build up of cash accumulation and easy access to borrowing in a rock bottom interest rate environment have driven real estate demand and prices sky high, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca. 9

The series of femicides in recent weeks is a cruel reminder of the extent to which domestic violence destroys lives, even as the government ad campaign condemning it is broadcast.

After Empire/Sobeys purchased Longo Brothers Fruit Markets last week, the time has come to consider what the disappearance of independent grocery stores means for Canadians, argues Dr. Sylvain Charlebois.

As the April 30 tax filing deadline rapidly approaches, it isn't wise to think you can outsmart the Canada Revenue Agency, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca. 4

March 21 provides an opportunity for every nation to reflect on its evolution in the long battle against bigotry, oppression and inequality. Here, in Quebec, we regard our Charter of Rights and Freedoms as proof of our commitment to equality and justice, but we must also reckon with the fact that we have recently fallen short.

With injections ramping up, the federal government should be turning its attention to the fall of 2021 when vaccinated Canadians will be salivating to re-enter global travel and large-crowd hospitality venues, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca. 5

We must rethink how we ensure the continuum of care for seniors in long-term care homes, argue three health-care leaders in Quebec.

COVID-19 and warnings against travel may have impacted our travel behaviours but not our travel desire, according to a new report by MarketSense.

Given the disastrous consequences the pandemic measures have had on the physical and psychological health of children and adolescents, we believe that opening summer camps is more important now than ever.

Quebecers are prepared to pay millions of dollars to help our farmers reduce their pesticide use, says a recent survey conducted by a team from the Université du Québec en Outaouais. Now we need to understand that the problem goes much deeper.

With the COVID-19 vaccination campaign underway, we are seeing some glimmering signs of hope in this war against the virus although we are still a long way from celebrating victory.

It’s a difficult, disturbing, but essential truth to hear: we are stuck in an archaic system and unable to adapt to the experiences of the vast majority of victims/survivors of sexual assault.

With the unveiling of Minister Mélanie Joly's vision for official languages reform, the government has recognized that the relationship between English and French must be conceived on terms of true equality.

On International Women's Day, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid examines the pandemic's economic toll on women and her hopes for the future in her column on CTVNews.ca. 1