Recycled 'Ralph Bucks' could become 'Danielle Dollars'. Eight years after the last round of provincial rebate cheques, popularly known as ‘Ralph Bucks‘, were mailed to Albertans care of Premier Ralph Klein, Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith is proposing a similar ‘energy dividend.’ While ‘Ralph Bucks‘ were popular among most Albertans
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TheBlogsTheyMustBeCrazy Long(time)WavingVille Yesterday, tongue-stuck firmly in cheek, I wrote a post-script (to this offering) that some may have construed as a quasi-suggestion that two of my favourite commentators on all sorts of things, mostly because I see them both as honest brokers, have been stealing my HR Puf’nStuf. In reality,
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Pro-penny elimination video: Study that says consumers will be bitten: A 2001 economic analysis by Penn State’s Raymond Lombra found that a post-penny economy—in which we round to the nearest nickel—would probably hurt the poor disproportionately. In theory, rounding would balance itself out over time—with some transactions rounding up and
Continue readingCanadian Trends: #Budget2012 Analysis – Part 4 – Supporting Jobs and Growth – Supporting Entrepreneurs, Innovators and World-Class Research
We’ll now cover section 3.1 of the budget. The highlights are as follows: Creating Value-Added Jobs Through Innovation $400 million to help increase private sector investments in early-stage risk capital, and to support the creation of large-scale venture capital funds led by the private sector. $100 million to the Business Development Bank of Canada
Continue readingHubris leads to incompetence: the Rowe & Krugman edition
Well a strange lull has fallen on the battle field this evening as the respective sides dig in and at least one side licks its wounds. To keep reading click here Filed under: Canadian Politics
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, April 2nd
Welcome to April! We’ve got an exciting show lined up. At 8:30, we’ll speak with Ian Lee about a recent move by Canada’s yogurt cartel to stop a competitor from setting up shop. We’ll also touch on some of the following: Say goodbye to the penny, the notion that you
Continue readingHubris leads to incompetence: the Rowe & Krugman edition
Well a strange lull has fallen on the battle field this evening as the respective sides dig in and at least one side licks its wounds. To keep reading click here Filed under: Canadian Politics
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Fasten your seat belts, here comes the abortion debate…
In just under three and a half years I have written or touched on the topic of abortion 21 times. In fact the most often read post on this blog is “Abortion in Canada Legal – Right Up Until Time of Birth“. Well, here goes number 22. Canada is about to
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Suicide and teenage females
It appears that the suicide rate of teenage females has risen by over 50% since 1980. This is especially striking as the rate for teenage males has dropped by about 40%. While the total numbers are still fairly low the increasing rate among females is suggestive of a broader societal
Continue readingcmkl: Topographic Maps Canada – an app that puts all Canada’s topos on your iPhone or iPad
I’m someone who likes to hang out in bars and talk about where to paddle a canoe. It doesn’t happen that often but I’m forever bringing maps along which is fine – because Tyvek is also beer resistant – but inevitably the question is ‘how far is that’ or ‘do
Continue readingBuckdog: Conservative Attack Ads That We Expect To See In The Very Near Future!
It’s just a matter of time before something similar to this appears on your TV and monitor …
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Back to 1971 – #AbVote
Let me take you back to 1971, the last year when the political grounds shifted underneath Alberta with the election of Peter Lougheed‘s Progressive Conservatives over the dynastic Social Credit Party led by Harry Strom, but more famously led by Ernest Manning for decades before his resignation in 1968. In
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: A New Blogger Introduces Himself – Movie Monday
Hello All! Today, I’ve decided that rather than write I’m going to provide you with some insight into what I do best: talk. This is something I hope to do every week or two. Let me know what you think in the comments below! Enjoy! The first of many “Movie Mondays”!
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AllTheDeservingWhoFit ManganatorVille Because Juno Has Not Heard This One Before… From noted music critic Charlie Smith in the GStraight: Vancouver heartthrob Dan Mangan has officially become a member of Canada’s music establishment. That’s because the indie songwriter picked up two Juno Awards this weekend in Ottawa—New Artist of the Year
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4425…The Whole World Loves UK
I, on the other hand, love KU. WFDS
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Parliamentary Fight Club
Irrespective of the supposedly worthy fundraising cause involved, what an utterly bizarre and unseemly event this past weekend’s charity boxing match was. Hard to believe that we’ve actually sunk lower by a quantum measure of absurdity in comparison to our American friends – can you imagine two members of Congress
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: Registered my first domain
Hey everybody, I’ve got a lot to do the next few weeks but I managed to steal five minutes to register a domain for my life after Mount Allison. It’s a little tough and non-sensical to rename everything so I’ve decided to start anew. The new, blank website is http://geoffcampbell.me/. Once
Continue readingGeoff Campbell: Registered my first domain
Hey everybody, I’ve got a lot to do the next few weeks but I managed to steal five minutes to register a domain for my life after Mount Allison. It’s a little tough and non-sensical to rename everything so I’ve decided to start anew. The new, blank website is http://geoffcampbell.me/. Once
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Dennis Gruending On The Sale Of The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Farmers fought long and hard to create the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in 1924, but 88 years later the company, now known as Viterra, is being sold to a Swiss-based multinational called Glencore for $6.1 billion. This is a sad story, a kind of morality tale about the gradual destruction of
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