The conclusion of the most recent G20 summit in Seoul last Friday, hailed as a success for political reasons by attending politicians, was punctuated with the following agreed upon statement: “Uneven growth and widening imbalances are fueling the temptation to diverge from global solutions into uncoordinated action… uncoordinated policy actions
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Bill Given: Prestigious $2.3 million research award to GPRC
Grande Prairie Regional College is among the eleven colleges which will receive Federal funding from Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to work with their communities and local businesses to get new innovations from campuses into …
Continue readingTime Heals All Wounds
Today, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney spoke in Windsor on the state of Canada’s economy and made his predictions for the future. The outlook seems that the economy will remain at a crawl, for the time being, with gradual growth.
Still recovering …
Continue readingOn Rob Ford.
IntroductionI’m not worried about Rob Ford becoming mayor of Toronto. And you shouldn’t be either. Given what he’s presented right now as part of his platform, over at his website, the man seems to be well on his way to becoming another Mel Lastman. Em…
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: We get mail – from US reporters wanting our opinions on other US reporters!
From: “Jacobon, Terry” [name changed] To: randboro@yahoo.caSent: Thu, June 3, 2010 3:56:46 PMSubject: From Terry Jacobson [name changed] of the [MAJOR ESTABLISHED US NEWSPAPER]Dear Scott in Montreal:Hi. I’m a reporter for the [MAJOR ESTABLISHED US NE…
Continue readingHearing David Suzuki
I had the opportunity through work to attend the 2009 Canadian Public Relations Society Conference in Vancouver this past June. The second afternoon luncheon was delivered by David Suzuki. I was so inspired and impressed by his talk. Now, that I have f…
Continue readingJacked Up: Harper, Baird, Flaherty, EI and the Economy.
I’ll start with two separate paragraphs, from two separate articles (The first from the Ottawa Citizen, the second from the Globe and Mail: Baird falsely portrayed the Liberal scheme for a 360-hour standard as one that would require a massive payroll tax. The Liberals said they would fund the move
Continue readingJacked Up: Democracy Delayed is Democracy Denied
So let’s do a little comparative analysis: Number 1: David Warren calls a possible coalition a “Thai-style coup d’état”. Now as much as I like the guy, I don’t think Dion could fool anyone into thinking he was the commander of a ruthless army. And last time I checked no
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