It seems to be becoming more accepted, that public politicians who are supposed to be representing their constituents and reporting to them can freely attend secretive meetings with foreign dignitaries…
This was submitted to me by a reliable source within the oil industry. I work for one of the many oil and gas companies in Alberta and lately there have…
Well it looks like you can all relax. It would appear that I had it all wrong. Apparently Canada doesn’t have a debt problem: The agency said a 40 per…
When is a person officially “repressed”? Everyone seems to have a different idea of when repression warrants retaliation and revolt. For some, it seems that nothing less of 20 years…
Well, it would appear the real battles have begun – this I was anticipating as the obvious response to Charest’s new law. What I didn’t anticipate was an international day…
So, this is it? The great resolution? This is the result that it has taken two years to come up with? This is an insult, and for other reasons than…
Chinese fake parts ‘used in U.S. military equipment’ As real profit margins sink and the full effect of peak oil kicks in, these are the sorts of stories there will…
In Quebec 300+ have been arrested, fascist laws passed, and the anger builds. At the NATO summit journalists are again being attacked as hundreds of thousands protest the “war on…
Canada certainly has some serious economic problems, but I don’t think dutch disease is one of them. Blaming the problems we’re experiencing on dutch disease is over-simplistic to a fault.…
A new report has been released today slamming G20 police for “excessive force”. While damning, this report is a whitewash. It continues to play the “few bad apples” routine spewed…
I couldn’t agree more. ‘UN food envoy decries ‘shocking’ conditions in Canada’ There it is, our self-righteous attitude, and we’re so self-righteous we can’t even see that is the case.…
The other day I was asked a question on twitter which for the life of me I could not fit an answer in to 140 characters. The question was in…
Saw this today, and it made me very very angry. From the article: The debate, however, has now moved well beyond a dispute over the price of education in Quebec.…
Following a conversation I had tonight on twitter, I’d like to write a quick little guide on the difference between devaluation and inflation, as they do look quite similar. Let’s…
Fear and confidence make the markets go ’round. Most economic reports are intended to drive one or the other. The power of intention can be much more powerful than that…
There is a definite concern world-wide about whether the younger generations can shoulder existing pension fund obligations for retiring baby-boomers and then for themselves. Every other month there are articles…
Europe debate shifts to growth as austerity is failing. So what was the debate before? Well in September of 2011 it was ‘Developed nations struggle to restore growth‘, and here’s…
Almost exactly one year ago I wrote a piece on my old blog about Canada’s economic situation. In it I concluded there were two possible outcomes in the medium term:…
With all the hype around the new Blackberry 10 O/S, I think a bigger and more important question isn’t being asked. How many Operating Systems can one developer support? As…
Do you know why I supported Occupy amongst all other protests? Because it was doing something different. Protests come and go but Occupy, well that had a real shot at…
