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Friday, January 28th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Unless you’ve been living under a boulder, you already know that China has out-muscled Japan to become the world’s second-biggest economy. But what you might not appreciate is that while this ... Read more..Thursday, January 27th, 2005 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
You have to hand it to the Australians. They boast one of the worst human rights records in the developed world, and welcome cultural diversity about as willingly as a ... Read more..Tuesday, January 25th, 2005 Posted in Society | No Comments »
Like many who call the attic of North America home-sweet-home, I am an immigrant in my own country. I don’t mean that I can trace the family seat back generations to ... Read more..Friday, January 21st, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
How comforting to know that one of the richest institutions in the country is in my corner after all. According to a report released Tuesday by the Toronto-Dominion Bank, I am ... Read more..Thursday, January 20th, 2005 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
To the amazement of exactly no one, former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna is Canada’s new Ambassador to the United States, effective March 1. Ottawa’s worst-kept secret of the past ... Read more..Wednesday, January 19th, 2005 Posted in Environment | No Comments »
There is no good way to spin bad news, and Paul Michael, Charlottetown lawyer and President of the PEI Council of the Atlantic Salmon Federation, doesn’t try. After years of ... Read more..Tuesday, January 18th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
When politicians and community leaders promote Atlantic Canada’s superb quality of life to other parts of the world, they invariably point to the region’s rich cultural tapestry. Here, they say, is ... Read more..Friday, January 14th, 2005 Posted in Economy, Humour | No Comments »
“I like Newfoundlanders. I really do. But their sense of victimhood is unmatched. And their flag protest isn’t winning them much sympathy on this side of the Gulf of St. ... Read more..Thursday, January 13th, 2005 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Rotund, diminutive and undeniably brilliant, Louis Joseph Robichaud – who died last week after a brief battle with cancer – stood at least as tall in his own estimation as ... Read more..Tuesday, January 11th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
It may be the most thoroughly examined precept of modern business management, but for many who toil at the front lines of entrepreneurship, “productivity” is a word that still provokes ... Read more..