Boys ‘n’ girls, the Harpercons want to hold a parliamentary hearing regarding the future of the CBC, basically. And guess who their star witnesses will be? Yup! You guessed it! Pierre-Karl Peladeau, Ezzy Levant, and of course, king McCarthyist of the CBC watch, Brian Lilley-white. Oh yeah! Like they’re going to reliable, impartial . . . → Read More: And Now, Introducing the Witness for The Harpercon Prosecution, Fox News North!
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Northern Insights / Perceptivity: Multinationals avoid income taxes
Some believe that businesses should pay no taxes and HST serves part of that purpose. A remaining aim of business is to pay no income tax but, because ruling parties find that politically difficult, the objective is pursued surreptitiously. It is done …
Continue readingLarry Hubich's Blog: Know the issues, act on the facts.
In the October edition of the Labour Reporter you’ll find details about some of the things that we’ve been up to over the summer. You’ll have a chance to read about the recent SFL Summer Camp, the progress of Station 20 West, and the recent memor…
Continue readingIs It Just Me…
Or does anyone else notice the timing of this story regarding former GG Adrienne Clarkson’s taxpayer paid secretarial help? Not that I condone this kind of thing, but I have noticed the tea-party shriekers in full force on Twitter all looking for fainting couches on Twitter this morning after this story broke.
However, . . . → Read More: Is It Just Me…
Continue readingThat’s It! I Never Want To Hear About Liberal ‘Entitlements’ Again!
Especially, not from Harpercons and their cheerleaders. Here’s more from the Harpercons entitled to their entitlements files.
The majority of flights on the government-owned Challenger jets in the month of June were taken by defence officials who could have used commercial aircraft, according to documents obtained by CBC News.
The six Challenger jets logged . . . → Read More: That’s It! I Never Want To Hear About Liberal ‘Entitlements’ Again!
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Adopt a Job Creator/Billionaire
The most important thing to do in a recession is to make sure the extremely wealthy are well taken care of so they can get back to the business of creating jobs for the lesser humans.
Continue readingHarpercons Pay Private Firm 90,000$ Per Day To, Well, Find Ways To Find Cuts
Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, put this one under the file of if this weren’t so sad and dire for Canadians, it might actually be rip roaringly hilarious. Stevie Spiteful and Deficit Jimbo are actually going to pay the firm, Deloitte, 19.8 million smackers or 90,000$ per day until about March 31 to help . . . → Read More: Harpercons Pay Private Firm 90,000$ Per Day To, Well, Find Ways To Find Cuts
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The similarities between debt crises and currency crises
During the nineties, the predominant form of economic crisis that could hit a nation was the currency crisis whereby the value of a countries currency drops precipitously. Most infamously was the Asian financial crisis, whose effects rolled around the…
Continue readingTerahertz: Wrong, wrong, so very wrong
Apparently people respect Vito Tanzi. At least, that’s what an article in the Globe and Mail tells me, and their journalists must be impartial right? Tanzi apparently believes that because government spending has dropped as a fraction of the GDP in Canada and Sweden over the past 20 years. Neil Reynolds, the author of the […]
Continue readingTerahertz: The Fraser Institute: “It’s crap”
This quote really made my day. "Even when I could say, yes, this is great, this is validation of what we’re saying, it’s, it’s crap," he said. "I’m sorry, are ministers not supposed to say that?" The quote comes from Nova Scotia NDP Finance Minister Graham Steele when asked to comment on his province’s third […]
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Everything by the book, but books were wrong
High-rise tank is new solution in farming fish,
by Arthur Max, Associated Press, from Seattle PI
KAMPERLAND, Netherlands (AP) — Adri Bout trawled Dutch waters for 25 years until he recognized the ocean’s limits. Now he raises 100 tons of turbot a …
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Demand Creates Jobs
10 Years Of Capital Gains Tax Cuts Proves: Rich Win, You Lose, by Dave Johnson
Why are “capital gains” taxes so much lower than taxes on other income?
The reason capital gains taxes are lower is because most of the income of the rich is from c…
Larry Hubich's Blog: We have a choice – SFL Issues Campaign
Check out the newest SFL Labour Issues Campaign Booklet on the economy and the environment. (pdf): We have a choice
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Transit Is For Suckers
If there’s one lesson Canadians can learn from the latest Stats Can study into public transit, it’s that losers take the bus. A whopping 82% of commuters know that the fastest way to get to work is by private automobile, preferably an SUV, and 12% of Canadians don’t agree. This makes the “12 percenter” Canadians […]
Harper Issues Edict: Hang Pic of Queen By the End of the Week…And Photo in Need of Caption
Well, the regressive hits just keep on coming from Stevie Harper, don’t they? What is foremost on Stevie’s mind today is something earth shattering in his world–every Canadian Foreign mission must have a pic of her highness, Queen Elizabeth II hanging on their walls by week’s end.
Rick Roth, a spokesperson for Foreign . . . → Read More: Harper Issues Edict: Hang Pic of Queen By the End of the Week…And Photo in Need of Caption
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: How Global Investors Make Money Out of Hunger
Speculating with Lives, by Horand Knaup, Michaela Schiessl and Anne Seith, Spiegel Online
“In recent years, the financial markets have discovered the huge opportunities presented by agricultural commodities. The consequences are devastating, as spec…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Change You Can See
Being the change you want to see in the world — it’s not just a clever slogan, it’s the only direct way someone can change their circumstances. Here are some stories of people doing things differently to make a difference for others. I plan to work on Victor’s campaign this Fall, as Saskatchewan goes to […]
Lemme Get This Straight…
Mayor Boss Hogg and his brother sidekick Donut Dougy say that cuts are necessary to things like school crossing guards, school lunch programs to impoverished children, dental programs for children, two cops per patrol car, libraries, social housing, as they’re all considered to be “gravy”, but they seem to think that things like . . . → Read More: Lemme Get This Straight…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Bike Sharing in Canada
This Summer I had the pleasure of using bike sharing in Ottawa. Had I know how easy it was, I’d have used it in Toronto too, and possibly Montreal while I was there. One thing I’m unclear about is if the Bixi Bikes in different cities are compatible, and billed as if they are one […]
Writings of J. Todd Ring: Why isn’t Wall St. in jail? And come to think of it, why isn’t Obama?
I don’t usually repost other people’s writings, but this article is too hard-hitting and important to pass up. If we want to understand better what is wrong with the economy and politics, this sheds more than a little light, and confirms th…
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