Canadians should be responsible for their own debts, but Mike Stafford says Canadian banks and lenders have to share some responsibility, as well.

The inflation report said the main driver that pushed up year-over-year consumer prices in February was the higher cost of gasoline, while pricier items like restaurant meals and passenger vehicle also had impacts.

Change in Canadian interest rates could begin in just two weeks.

Canadian households are on course to become more financially stretched than they've ever been before.

The loonie shot up following fresh signals from the Bank of Canada that it is giving more thought to raising interest rates, while Toronto's main stock index continued its second day of declines.

Carolyn Wilkins said the gains are something Canada hasn't seen since before the oil-price collapse nearly three years ago.

Expect the spread between fixed-rate and variable-rate mortgages to widen.

A report by TransUnion says up to one million Canadian borrowers may not be able to absorb the increase in their monthly payments if interest rates rise by one full percentage point.