This paper examines how inflation-targeting framework performs across the Canadian provinces. The framework implies optimal moment conditions such that forecasts of inflation, conditional on information available today, are kept on target. We analyze whether these conditions hold when we use provincial inflation and various information variables deemed to be useful for forecasting. We find that...

Since medical assistance in dying (MAiD) became legal across Canada on June 17, most demand for the service is in four provinces. There have been at least 374 medically assisted deaths, according to The Globe and Mail, with 360 of those in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Nearly half were in Quebec, where MAiD has been legal for more than 10 months. There have been 87 medically as...