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These Are the World’s Most Expensive Cities for Expat Workers

We Canadians in big cities like to complain about how expensive our lives are. To put things into perspective, human resources consulting firm Mercer has released its annual cost of living survey. The survey explores the cost of living for employees working abroad. Basically, it gives us an idea of

People Are Having Fewer Children Because They’re Too Damn Expensive

Biology dictates we were put on this planet to reproduce. It also dictates, in combination with a little thing called reality, that we need enough money to buy food to survive. These two forces – biological purpose and economic livelihood – are increasingly at odds, as evidenced most glaringly by

Canadians Pay the Most in the World for Mobile Data

You’ve probably been sensing it for years, but it’s now official: Canada is the most expensive country in the world to have a mobile data plan. Swedish telecom consultancy Tefficient conducted a survey comparing the monthly cost of wireless service to mobile data usage and came up with the chart below (via