Kate Robertson

"Many argue that the pension funds first fell in love with real estate and other hard assets back in the 1990s, when the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan went shopping at the mall — and bought it." Awesome read from @christinedobby thestar.com/business/2022/… via @TorontoStar

‘Buy now, pay later’ offers pose a serious risk to our financial well-being. Don’t fall into the trap. Today in the @TorontoStar @FCACan @creditcanada @the_logic @cafreeland #FLM2021 #BNPL thestar.com/business/opini…

Read my article in ⁦@TorontoStar⁩ “A flat tax would be a much fairer and simpler one for citizens to pay….Additionally, a flat tax that eliminates loopholes would ensure greater compliance among corporations and the wealthy” #taxation #inequality thestar.com/business/2021/…

Hey, look at me playing “real reporter”. Seriously, was really glad we nailed it and *really* glad ⁦@christinedobby⁩ is really smart thestar.com/business/2021/…

.@alexposadzki has broken some major stories on the Rogers boardroom drama, butt this one may just be the best

CALLOUT: I'm working on an article about financial independence and early retirement. I'm hoping to speak to someone (or a couple) who is working towards this goal. Email me: rsaba@thestar.ca @TorontoStar

The pandemic rolled back women’s employment rates in Ontario to 1994 levels, proof the she-cession is far from over. The longer the she-cession goes on, the more it will shape your economic fortune. #Opinion by @ArmineYalnizyan thestar.com/business/opini…

NEW from @starbeer: Toronto malls, hair salons prepare to open next week after some of the world’s longest closures torstar.co/gdCN50Fh0Xb

CALL OUT: Did you get Astra-Zeneca for your first dose and are now wondering what to do for your second in light of the new NACI guidelines? Or are you double vaxxed with AZ and wondering if you did the right thing? Hoping to speak to you this evening: ahasham@thestar.ca/DM me.

CALLOUT: I'm looking to interview someone who moved from Toronto to a suburb or smaller city during the pandemic, but who is likely going to be commuting into Toronto when their work opens up again. It's for a @TorontoStar personal finance piece. Email me: rsaba@thestar.ca

TekSavvy says government should overturn CRTC ruling, call in Competition Bureau: thestar.com/business/2021/…

It took children buried in unmarked graves to bring home the horror of residential schools to non-Indigenous Canadians thestar.com/politics/polit… via @torontostar

All pop-up clinics this weekend—mostly in neighbourhoods with a bad history with law enforcement—will be teeming with people "not at their place of residence." What is going to happen? How is this helping?

Many industries have suffered during the pandemic from a loss of demand and revenue. But despite losing thousands of clients, in one of the deadliest corporate tragedies in Canadian history, the long-term care sector isn't one one of them. Here's why: thestar.com/business/2021/…

Providing national $10/day child care, in non-profit high-quality group facilities, will transform the lives of mothers (and other parents!), help close the gender pay gap, & create hundreds of thousands of jobs. A wonderful, historic victory! 🙏to those who fought for it! ...2

Three months into 2021, workplace-related deaths and illnesses due to COVID-19 are rapidly outpacing last year's numbers, data from Ontario's workers' compensation board shows. Story in the @TorontoStar: thestar.com/business/2021/…

I am now on a 16-year unbroken streak of finding a way to write about books no matter what my job technically is thestar.com/business/2021/…

For @TorontoStar #ThisMatters, I gathered up all the tax info I've gathered this year and did my best to help you figure out your pandemic taxes. This year, for many people, will be more complicated than previous years! thestar.com/podcasts/thism…

The Public Sector Pension Investment Fund, best known as the owner of Revera Inc., quietly divested about 600,000 shares in CoreCivic and Geo Group days after a Toronto Star story on the investment came out in late February thestar.com/business/2021/…

Although vaccines that will protect us against coronavirus have been made using different technology, they all work in a similar fashion. @pattywinsa and @DeightonMcKenna broke down what happens in your body when you get a COVID-19 vaccine: thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…