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Double Double, Toil And Trouble: Star Readers On Tim Hortons And The Minimum Wage Hike
As always, the letters from Star readers do not disappoint: I am really finding it difficult to empathize with businesses like Tim Hortons crying over the minimum-wage increase. The fact…
Despite The Hysteria The Sky Will Not Fall
In an op-ed piece the other day, Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, wrote of the economic Armageddon awaiting Ontario businesses thanks to the recently-hiked Ontario…
You Get What You Pay For
That fundamental truth is grasped by two small-scale entrepreneurs, much to the shame of much larger entities like Tim Hortons which, as widely reported, are taking out their outrage and…
Too High A Price To Pay
This year, The Star has been running an Atkinson Series entitled The New Newsroom, which looks at both the challenges and the possibilities facing journalism in this age of Internet…
An Inconvenient Truth The Corporate Agenda Would Like To Keep Hidden
Their protests notwithstanding, the truth is that raising the minimum wage is good for business. And it isn’t just the behemoths depicted above who benefit. The CEO of a popular…
Andrea’s Damascene Moment
In the Book of Luke, Jesus is reported to have said the following:I tell you that ... there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than…
Now This Is The Kind Of Story I Like To Read About
The opportunity to report about something positive in the kind of blog I write is rare. For example, while reports abound of corporate theft and paltry remuneration for the workers…
A Little Hard To Swallow
Despite the fact that I think and write a great deal about the disparities and inequities that plague our society, I am almost embarrassed to admit that until now, I…
She Speaks!
But unfortunately, the politically timid (opportunistic?) leader of the Ontario NDP, Andrea Horwath, doesn’t really have much to say as she finally figures out what her political ambitions will permit…
Andrea’s Dilemma: Whither Blowest The Wind?
Were I a gifted artist (or any kind of artist, for that matter) I would draw Andrea Horwath in a two-panel caricature. In the first panel, index finger raised, she…
More On The Minimum Wage
There has been very much a predictable reaction from business to the Wynne government’s decision to raise the Ontario minimum wage to $11 per hour as of June 1. Even…
Self-Interest Versus The Public Good
We Canadians talk a good game. We want our unemployed to be able to find jobs, we want those with the need to be able to readily access the social…