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Canadians can now access free and low-cost bank accounts featuring more monthly transactions

December 1, 2025 As of today, Canadians can access bank accounts costing no more than $4 per month. Fourteen federally regulated financial institutions, including Canada’s 6 largest banks, have signed on to and implemented the modernized Commitment on Low-Cost and No-Cost Accounts (Commitment) announced by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) in June of this year. The previous commitment was introduced in 2014.

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City of Markham and MIIPOC Continue to Reduce Employment Barriers Through Growing Internship Partnership

The City of Markham and The Mentorship Initiative for Indigenous, Black and Planners of Colour (MIIPOC) are proud to continue their partnership aimed at enhancing inclusion and reducing employment barriers for racialized individuals in the planning profession. Now entering its third cohort, the internship program has become a cornerstone of Markham’s commitment to diversity and workforce development.

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Conservatives Fight to Restore Sanity to Sentencing

November 25, 2025 Today, Bill C-220 will be debated in the House of Commons. Sponsored by the Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner, Conservative Shadow Minister for Immigration, it will restore equality before the law for all, end two-tier justice, and prevent judges from considering the immigration status of a non-citizen offender in sentencing.

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