The Fraser Institute, in late January 2013, released a study comparing public and private sector compensation (wages and non-wage benefits) in Alberta. Release of the report is clearly meant to influence public debate about the province’s deficit leading up to the March budget. Much of the media, lacking time and
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Canadian Dimension Feed: Does Anyone in Government Really Care About Canadian Jobs?
The Harper government has recently stated it wants to “diversify Canada’s markets.” Hence, its support of the Northern Gateway pipeline and the prime minister’s upcoming trip to China. On the surface, pronouncements about finding new markets appear no different than what Canadian governments have said for years. In the late
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Taxes and the Ghost of Bob Blair
Robert Blair died in April 2009. “Bob” – as he was best known – headed Nova Corporation and became in time a very wealthy man. Unusual in the oil and gas sector, he was also a staunch Canadian nationalist, refusing to let Nova j…
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