Ontario Election: Economic Realities
Another fascinating TVO discussion about the Ontario election, this time pivoting off some disparaging comments made several weeks ago by former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge in regards to…
economy
Michele Bachmann Envisions a World Without Food Industry Safety Standards
shutterstock_79460026.jpg Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann believes that the government needs to stay out of the business of protecting the foods we eat. At a campaign stop this...
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- David Olive weighs in on the disastrous results of the all-too-prevalent obsession with austerity when economic conditions are still fragile around the globe:From…
Good vid that demontrates the powers of robust stats…
I particularly like the last paragraph on the BBC 4 site: “…without statistics we are cast adrift on an ocean of confusion, but armed with stats we can take control…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- For those looking to paint foreign investment as a panacea for economic development, Paul Krugman offers up (via Kash Mansori) what should be…
Parliament In Review: September 22, 2011
Thursday was another fairly short day of debate in the House of Commons due to the visit by UK Prime Minister David Cameron. But that doesn't mean there was any…
Adopt a “Job Creator”
America’s bonus dependent job creators are currently suffering marginal percentage losses against staggering aggregate wealth. Won’t you please help the affluently burdened? For the struggling over-endowed, your donation can make…
Wobbly beliefs – right and left
As I sit listening to one of the few elected Liberals discuss human rights, immigration and refugee policy, I realize that the left/right discussion has passed. While I am an…
Thursday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day.- David Olive reassures us that we're not in a depression, but points out plenty of other reasons for concern with Canada's economy:Jim Flaherty, the…
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…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Armine Yalnizyan points out how inequality is bad for everybody - including those at the top who are fighting to exacerbate it:Say the…
New column day
Here, on the lack of any connection between the Saskatchewan Party's choice of industries and projects and the state of Saskatchewan's economy.For further reading...- I've dealt with most of the…
"Thanks for the jobs"
That's what one man who worked for the solar company next to the Ontario Liberal tent told me today at the International Plowing Fest. From providing the way forward to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Alex Himelfarb offers a warning about Canada's current inequality trap:In a society with just a few winners and many losers, a case can…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Once again, the NDP's popular support is holding up in the face of plenty of predictions to the contrary. But I'm sure we'll hear…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Gerald Caplan laments the difficulty in trying to comment reasonably on the actions of a government whose attitude toward reason ranges from overt hostility…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Erin catches a typically-partisan response from the Cons to the prospect that a new U.S. stimulus package might contain Buy American provisions once again:What…
Ooh the Republicans!
Our Republicans to the south are at it again. It's a very simple equation. Tax increases destroy jobs. And the Joint Committee is a jobs committee. Its mission is to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Dan Gardner makes the case (with which I wholeheartedly agree) as to the importance of making thoughtful decisions at the best of times:If…
Leadership on the economy
Premier Dalton McGuinty has said the tax rate on new investment by small businesses will be reduced by 55%. Ontario's economic strength depends on the strength of our businesses, large…