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Friday, March 31st, 2006 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
The language of post-budget commentary is always rich with clichés. There is, for example, the “tax-and-spend” indictment issued by the propertied class and its right-wing fellow travelers. There is the ... Read more..Thursday, March 30th, 2006 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Move over Michael Ignatieff. Take a hike Bob Rae. There’s a new kid on the Liberal leadership block, and his name is Ashley MacIsaac. You remember Ashley, don’t you? He was ... Read more..Friday, March 24th, 2006 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Every couple of years, the Swiss-owned economic research and consulting giant, KPMG, concludes that Atlantic Canada is the industrialized world’s lowest-cost location for business. And, every couple of years, the ... Read more..Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
When transcendentalists seek God, they climb a mountain. Liberal Party of Canada gurus, on the other hand, cab it to a reception at Toronto’s King Edward Hotel lobby bar, where ... Read more..Tuesday, March 21st, 2006 Posted in Business | 1 Comment »
To measure the degree to which Corner Brook-based Coleman Group respects and admires its employees, consider the case of the retiring bread-maker. “Recently, we had a woman who worked in ... Read more..Friday, March 17th, 2006 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Where lies meet stereotypes, you’ll find at least one Toronto-based newspaper drooling like a vandal. For years, The National Post has been an equal-opportunity bahser: Chinese immigrants are too rich to ... Read more..Thursday, March 16th, 2006 Posted in Business | No Comments »
Like shining knights on white horses, 15 of the province’s most powerful business leaders have come to the aid of the wilting dowager known as the New Brunswick economy. And, ... Read more..Monday, March 13th, 2006 Posted in Business | No Comments »
He owns and operates five businesses. He’s a talent agent, music promoter, and events planner. He runs a recording studio and a pressure washing franchise. He is a member in ... Read more..Monday, March 13th, 2006 Posted in Business | No Comments »
When the ailing wife of an employee needed a $5,000 piece of medical equipment, the owners of Moncton-based Armour Transportation Systems could have sent flowers and a get-well card. Instead, ... Read more..Thursday, March 9th, 2006 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Castigating the premier of New Brunswick for earning in a year what the average maid does in ten is just plain silly. Which is precisely what I told my wife ... Read more..