We answer your questions! Like how will Canada pay for all the COVID financial aid?
And just how much money should I give my kids for an allowance?
The Cost of Living investigates the mysteries our listeners have been calling in for the past few months.
Just where is the money for COVID-19 bailouts coming from? Executive producer Tracy Johnson takes on that question.
How much of an allowance should we give our children each week? Producer Tracy Fuller talks to the experts on how many loonies or toonies your young ones should get, and whether they should be forced to save their pennies.
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Are there other ways to measure economic activity that take more than just gross domestic product into account? Host Paul Haavardsrud explains how we measure things now — and finds out more about the alternative ways we can account for our economy.
And why can't I find grapenut ice cream (yes, grapenut) anywhere except the East Coast? CBC Radio producer Danielle Nerman explains the mysteries of creamery flavours that originate in Nova Scotia and don't seem to make it very far west in this country.
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