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This would amount to a maximum charge of $2.30 per $100 for a 14-day loan. Since the effective annual interest rates on payday loans are over this limit (Alberta and Ontario with the lowest rate of $15 per $100 borrowed, (1.15^(365/14)-1)* 100)), this makes payday loans effectively illegal in the provinces.
The Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday blocked new provincial laws against public consumption of illegal substances. The ruling imposes a temporary injunction ...
As part of the Canadian federation, Alberta, like all of the provinces, is bound by the terms of the Constitution of Canada; this includes rules concerning the division of powers between the federal order of government and the provinces, as well as the rights of individuals vis-à-vis the state.
Alberta is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces.Alberta borders British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south.
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) -Voters in Canada's main oil-producing province, Alberta, strongly backed removing a commitment to redistribute wealth among provinces from the Canadian Constitution ...
It is the province with the smallest number of people who are older than 65, which means that there are fewer CPP and OAS recipients. According to the census, "one in eight Albertans older than 15" earn over $100,000 annually. [28] Only eleven per cent of Canadians live in Alberta. But 21 per cent of "Canada's $100,000-plus earners" live in ...
In Canada, international human rights treaties are, in general, not directly incorporated into domestic law but, rather, are implemented through a variety of laws, policies and programs at the federal, provincial and territorial level. [128] Canada has ratified seven principal UN human rights conventions and covenants:. [124]
Corruption in Canada is the use of political power for private gain by Canadian government officials.. Canada has had the distinction of being the least corrupt government in the Americas as measured by the Corruption Perceptions Index; Canada's 2023 score of 76 is the first increase (after a slow decline to 74 in 2022) since Canada's highest score of 84 in 2012, when the current version of ...