Statistics Canada Resuscitates Dead Money
Interestingly, the day after the new Bank of Canada Governor gave a speech distancing himself from his predecessor’s “dead money” comments, Statistics Canada released a significant downward revision to the…
I’m Sure It Is Just A Coincidence …
…but if I were paranoid, I might see a connection between this and this. Recommend this Post
Why Won’t Alberta Do the Right Thing, Refine Their Bitumen There?
Why build two pipelines instead of just one? Why transport dangerous dilutent from the Pacific coast all the way to Athabasca just so it can be transported right back again?…
The Sopranos – final edit
I thought it was worth re-posting this entry from 6 years ago… Gonna miss that big lug. ===================================================================================================================== I don’t often blog about TV shows. To me, it is a…
April EI Numbers Bleak
So Erin talked about falling EI benefits last month, which got me thinking about the longer term trend here. Comparing seasonally unadjusted data for the last five Aprils, we see…
‘Unfettered Free Market’ Stock Exchanges TUMBLE At Hints Of A Slow Down To Taxpayer Funded Corporate Welfare Handouts!
(Click on image to enlarge ….) TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index slipped on Wednesday after comments by the U.S. Federal Reserve that it could begin rolling back its…
Mr. Grinch
There is an unwritten, often unmentioned social contract that takes place when you do what you think is something selfless. We like to think that we are altruistic. That is,…
200,000 Canadians Experience Homelessness Each Year, Says New Report
By: York University | Press Release: TORONTO, June 19, 2013 – The Canadian Homelessness Research Network (Homeless Hub) and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness released the first extensive Canadian…
CFI: A case study in a PR failure
I won’t recap the full back story of what’s happened at Center for Inquiry Transnational (not to be confused with Centre for Inquiry Canada which is embroiled in its own…
Chemical Agents Of The State
Canadians first somewhat accepted RCMP officers dousing peaceful protesters (and the media) with pepper spray, back in the 90s, during the OPEC summit in B.C. It’s regressed to the point…
Reliance damages in tort and contract
PreMD Inc. v. Ogilvy Renault LLP, 2013 ONCA 412 holds: The ordinary measure of damages in tort is reliance damages. The court tries to put the injured party in the…
Water Contamination from Fracking: Jessica Ernst Releases Groundbreaking Report
Jessica Ernst, a high-profile, Alberta-based environmental consultant, has released a comprehensive summary of science, facts and documents relating to groundwater contamination from the controversial practice of natural gas hydraulic fracturing…
India and China: Two Giants with Different Records When It Comes to Inequality
China is doing better for its citizens than India mainly because it is providing more equal opportunity, according to Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate for economics in The New York Times…
What will Canada’s new cell phone rules mean for you?
You’ve probably heard about Canada’s new rules to protect cell phone users, which were recently published by the CRTC. While not perfect, the CRTC’s new Code of Conduct is definitely…
Google’s Eye On the World.
Google Alerts is a fine source of news from around the world on almost any topic that interests you. Every day Google delivers to your inbox an array of linked…
6171…Pauline Marois For The High Jump
Sure looks that way. La Presse reports this morning that a CROP poll says 70 per cent of the residents of La Belle are not satisfied with the actions of…
6170…Bob Rae Watching Game 7 Tonite
Me too. San Antonio Spurs in Miami to play the Heat in game 7 of the NBA Finals. Word is Bob Rae is all over the Miami Heat. Look for…
Internet in the Arctic
I’m up in Yellowknife running some training for the Liberals up here and we got talking about internet service in the Territories. I think most of us can agree that…
Internet in the Arctic
I’m up in Yellowknife running some training for the Liberals up here, and we got talking about internet service in the Territories. I think most of us can agree that…
Hope He Has A Restful Summer
Wondering if the rotund Senator from somewhere has made his annual pilgramage to P.E.I. yet. In any event, the Cavendish Cottager (as The Disaffected Lib refers to him) should not…