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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
If I were in charge of the Canadian department of jingoism, I wouldn’t rattle my patriot swords over the War of 1812. But our prime minister considers himself an expert on ... Read more..Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
We in the frozen north have basked in the warmth of our own self-regard ever since the American industrial behemoth fell to its knees at the end of the last ... Read more..Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 Posted in Economy, Environment | No Comments »
As Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver draws a line in the tar sands, daring well-financed “radical groups” opposed to Alberta oil development to cross, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wags ... Read more..Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 Posted in Economy, Society | 2 Comments »
Dawn refuses to break in the long, dark night of the Canadian labour movement’s soul. And even those who cling to the notion that a fair wage for permanent work ... Read more..Monday, January 9th, 2012 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Most Canadians believe the recession never ended. Technically, economists and bank presidents argue, most Canadians are wrong and they’re not doing themselves any favours by clinging to the myth of ... Read more..Monday, January 9th, 2012 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
The man Stephen Harper set loose last summer on a monarchy-loving crusade through Ottawa’s public spaces to hang portraits of the Queen – to no discernible purpose other than to ... Read more..Monday, January 9th, 2012 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
It comes as no great surprise that corporate CEOs are different from you and me. After all, they have more money and, in the words of a popular song lyric ... Read more..Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 Posted in Business, Economy | No Comments »
A tradition no less honourable than resolving to do better and be better in the New Year is the annual running of the mouths found in all the finer salons ... Read more..Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 Posted in Environment, Politics | No Comments »
To appreciate just how touchy people of every political stripe and ideological bent become when the target of their concerns is clean and accessible water, look no farther than the ... Read more..Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
As business leaders and politicians decry the widening gap between labour and skills in Canada – a phenomenon for which they, themselves, are at least partly to blame – new ... Read more..