At what point does resistance become terrorism?
There was a lot of topics I wanted to write about today but in the end, I feel I really need to come back around to NATO military occupations around…
There was a lot of topics I wanted to write about today but in the end, I feel I really need to come back around to NATO military occupations around…
In case you didn’t notice the plenty of black and white evidence showing you our banks are no more sound and stable than our U.S. counterparts then you are in…
After the anger I felt yesterday, I have been thinking. Is it not strange that we equate today’s “wars” with real wars of the past? How has this happened? I…
I have to say I am a little surprised that Harper would throw Hitler and World War II around so carelessly in a political setting to gain political points. I…
Canada is divided, perhaps more than the heyday of the Quebec separatist movement. There’s a divide between generations thanks to the budget and there’s a divide between eastern and western…
Before ‘Ethical Oil’ there was ‘Carbon Capture’. For years CCS technology was the standard response to environmental criticism of oilsands development. Of course it was a flawed public relations strategy…
I still haven’t had an opportunity to return to my budget analysis, it’s been a busy few weeks with the Alberta election and the ever-changing economic news and I just…
I’ve recently become a member of Progressive Bloggers. I’ve been reading many new fascinating blogs, but this one post in particular deserves a direct response. What are people supposed to…
You would think Ontario would have learned it’s lesson by now. The rules of economic activity in the era of globalization changed everything and created the race to the bottom,…
Technology innovation has in a sense returned to the good old days where hardware and software had far less of a division between them. When Apple and Microsoft initially launched…
It looks like the Wildrose Alliance is poised for a majority win, although I must plead with you Alberta that a minority is probably the best form of government to…
Ten weeks in and the protests in Quebec are showing no sign they will diminish anytime soon. The common take that I have been reading is that the students are…
I’m about to do something I hoped I wouldn’t have to: weigh in on Alberta’s election morality battleground. I have been reluctant to do so and have been quietly biting…
I’m retiring this Hellberta blog. I am refocusing completely on global trends which will be blogged on my new blog: Canadian Trends. Hope to see you there.
A friend of mine has to close their business. It’s a fresh business that was founded during the stimulus boom. It’s a green business, which took advantage of the government’s…
I’m pretty disappointed. For a province that relies on energy for revenue: I heard a lot about surpluses and very little about revenue. I heard even less about the elevated…
I am having a really tough time this election deciding which of my MLAs to vote for. So to help me make my decision I am putting these questions out…
So this article here just came to my attention. I have written a few different articles about debt and our housing market lately. On March 21st I published “Canada and…
Canadians are now out of wiggle room. The Canadian economy is now literally at war with itself. Canadian authorities are stepping up oversight of the nation’s housing market even as…
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,…