One event coming this week is the December 7 scheduled announcement of the Bank of Canada overnight target rate. It is currently 1% and it is widely expected that it will remain at 1% given the impact of economic news (i.e. growth is moderating from the economic crisis, and that the high Canadian dollar is impairing growth).
Some are even criticizing the decision to raise rates from 0.25% to 1%, but it is important to note that a short term bank rate of 0.25% introduces more risk to the financial system than a slightly higher rate – although banks are trying their hardest to find credit-worthy entities to loan money to (since money is still very cheap at 1%), there is less of an impulse to doing so than at a 0.25% rate.
You will still get the usual yield-chasing as people continually try to earn a return on their capital. The consideration to ensure the return of capital continues to be secondary.