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Monday, the Honourable Jane Philpott MD, the President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government, resigned from the Trudeau government over the handling of the SNC Lavalin affair. Read her full statement below.

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the Index added 4.7 points or 0.4% to close at 1157.83.

Listen to former Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould detail attempts by Justin Trudeau and others to get her to secure a deferred prosecution agreement with SNC Lavalin (SNC). Watch the explosive testimony below.

Watch Canada's former Attorney General drop bombshell-after-bombshell

You can also download an audio MP3 version below.

Starting in the second segment of his latest interview with Jim Goddard, INK CEO Ted Dixon gives an overview of the outlook for Canadian stocks drawing on the most recent Insights weekly newsletter. Broadly speaking, insiders remain upbeat about their prospects going forward, particularly in the oil patch where stocks have undergone a correction to reflect commodity pricing troubles.

He does, however, highlight a warning sign.

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the Index tacked on another 9.1 points to end at 1153.11 for a gain of 0.7%. Over the last 2 weeks, it has climbed 3%.

We have just published our second edition of Canadian Insider Insights, a newsletter exclusively for CanadianInsider.com users. This publication seeks to provide a quick read on what insiders are telling us about the outlook for the Canadian market. Commentary draws heavily from our institutional Market INK report to bring you distinct, independent insight you will not find anywhere else.

INK's Insider of the week

You can read this week's edition Monetary policy winds change direction to favour Canadian stocks in HTML format via our Insights archive page.

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the Index continued its impressive New Year's ascent after finally breaking through an overhead wall of resistance at 1130. The Index closed the week at 1143.97 with a gain of 25.7 points or 2.3%.

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, was a fairly quiet week for the Index. It did try to break through the 1127-1130 level but was turned back three times before closing down a nominal 2.5 points at 1118.27.

In his latest Howe Street broadcast, Bob Hoye from ChartsandMarkets.com takes aim at the assumption that the Bank of Canada can control the economy and explains why gold miners and explorers can thrive during a post-bubble contraction.

Myth the Bank of Canada can manage the economy (pic source D. Neuman)

Hoye takes aim at the idea that the central bank keep the economy on track by setting interest rates. In particular, he points out to history that debunks the myth that central banking can prevent economic setbacks.