# News of the day: Return to office report ends, equity investors, mortgage size regrets, AI frenzy risks, protecting CPP and more

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> Published: 2026-06-29 21:34:41+00:00

# News of the day: Return to office report ends, equity investors, mortgage size regrets, AI frenzy risks, protecting CPP and more

It's Monday, June 29. Here are the top stories we're following today.

**Why tracking the return to the office is no longer a thing in Toronto**

About half a decade and a global pandemic later, the Strategic Regional Research Alliance is looking to finally pull the plug on tracking whether people are occupying Toronto offices.

**Why equity investors may need to think about taking their foot off the gas**

The bond market is sending increasingly cautionary signals that suggest a more challenging road ahead, writes Martin Pelletier.

**37% of recent first-time buyers regret the size of mortgage they took on, says new report**

Five years after homebuying activity hit unprecedented heights amid record-low, pandemic-era interest rates, the ongoing mortgage renewal wave is putting borrowers managing higher payments under pressure, according to a recent report from Mortgage Professionals Canada.

**AI frenzy adds to risks facing already vulnerable global economy, warns BIS**

The optimism surrounding artificial intelligence may not last, increasing the risks for a global economy already vulnerable due to energy supply shocks and strained public finances, the Bank for International Settlements said in its annual economic report, released Sunday.

**Protecting the CPP means taking the long view on investment returns**

Chasing returns of heavily concentrated market indices may work in the moment, but it isn't a strategy built to last, writes John Graham.
