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Thursday, May 31st, 2007 Posted in Humour, Politics | 5 Comments »
You have to love Hizonner Arnold Schwarzenegger. No, I mean you really have to love him. You have no choice. The Terminator’s appetite for adoration is ravenous. His pursuit of ... Read more..Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 2 Comments »
A colleague of mine once joked that since Cape Breton was so stubbornly resistant to all forms of economic rehabilitation, its moribund industries should be bulldozed to make room for ... Read more..Monday, May 28th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 6 Comments »
Few matters of public policy in North America are more divisive than immigration. If you are a resident of the United States, you are likely to come down on only ... Read more..Friday, May 25th, 2007 Posted in Humour, Politics | 3 Comments »
Astute politicians understand that genuine authenticity is less useful – and more troublesome – than the cheaper, rhinestone-encrusted variety they typically deploy in public life. Never actually tell the truth; ... Read more..Friday, May 18th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 11 Comments »
Maybe it was the camera angle, or the elegant geometric formulas scrawled on the blackboard behind him, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper seemed almost serene the other day as he ... Read more..Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 Posted in Humour | 2 Comments »
Fully one-third of Canadians work too hard. At least, they think they do. I know I do, but that’s only because, being self-employed, I hate my boss. Here’s what Statistics Canada ... Read more..Monday, May 14th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »
The Self-Sufficiency Task Force has raised the old hurdle of reconciling energy production with conservation. For decades, the forces of economic development and environmental preservation have been comfortably locked in ... Read more..Friday, May 11th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 8 Comments »
In their typically inventive way, community leaders in the Netherlands have devised an ingenious method to keep the country’s urban transportation corridors green. It involves the judicious deployment of, well, ... Read more..Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 11 Comments »
The final report of New Brunswick’s Self-Sufficiency Task Force is nothing if not wordy, which may be its biggest problem. Francis Maguire’s and Gilles LePlante’s much anticipated magnum opus incorporates ... Read more..Monday, May 7th, 2007 Posted in Economy, Politics | 28 Comments »
On the eve of Premier Shawn Graham’s big splash over self-sufficiency, who should turn up with the charisma and instincts of a Spartan warrior but the child of a former ... Read more..