Interest – The Criminal Illegal Rate #151
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By Gerry NeelyB.A. LL.B. In times like these we might feel that high interest rates are a crime, but they don’t become a crime under the Criminal Code of Canada until the effective annual rate exceeds 60%. Since a rate of 59% per annum baldly stated in a loan agreement would make even the most …