Canadian News, Opinion

Wind Power Costs Continue To Add Up By | October 2, 2012
"We don’t need to see any more evidence of the harm these turbines are doing to Ontario.
Free cash flow – the best valuation metric By | October 2, 2012
Recurring Operating Income
“Eurozone unemployment stuck at record 11.4%”  How Unexpected! By | October 1, 2012
Decades of telling their populations that socialism is the answer to their problems. Hard sell to wean people off of the government largesse
Consultancy says Spain’s banks could need 60 billion euros By | October 1, 2012
Commodity price trends as economic and stock market indicators
Spain’s federal budget announces large spending cuts By | September 28, 2012
Lengthy debate to begin, unlikely to end well
Dix Wrong to Kill Balanced Budget Law By Jordan Bateman | September 27, 2012
Would Allow NDP Government to Run Deficits Without Ministerial Accountability and Pay Cut
Motion 312 defeated, but debate will continue, says CCRL By | September 27, 2012
Many Canadians believe is anything but ‘settled’
Liberal interference to cost minimum of $640M for cancelled gas plants By | September 26, 2012
Cancelled Oakville and Mississauga gas plants
Swimming in the Shallow Communications Pool By | September 26, 2012
Gaffes, attack dog politics, Media
“Targeted-Benifit” MLA Pension Plan is Putting Lipstick on a Pig By Derek Fildebrandt | September 26, 2012
The proposed “targeted-benefit” pension plan for Alberta MLAs could be little more than a coat of lipstick on the pig of a gold-plated pension plan
New Royal Canadian Mint Collector Products Honour Canada’s Retiring “Penny” Circulation Coin By | September 26, 2012
Canada's iconic "penny" circulation coin
Why Ottawa Should Issue More Inflation-Indexed Bonds: C.D. Howe Institute By | September 26, 2012
Real-return bonds (RRBs)
Liberals hire electioneers, instead of engineers By | September 25, 2012
Cost of relocating the plant to Napanee will cost taxpayers alone $450 Million
MPs Ponder a Pay Raise to Pay For Pension Reform By Gregory Thomas | September 25, 2012
As 1.3 Million Unemployed Canadians Prepare for Win
Hillel Neuer From U.N. Watch Speaks at University of Toronto By | September 25, 2012
Today I laud U.N. Watch as one of the few human rights advocacy groups that has real balls
Greek debt report may be delayed for U.S. political reasons By | September 24, 2012
The foregoing questions are ones I think everyone should think hard about
Springing the Power Trap By | September 24, 2012
Realistically speaking, the majority of Canadians don’t subscribe to any ideologically consistent set of principles
Heroes Give Zeroes By | September 24, 2012
Edmonton Teacher Lynden Dorval suspension for giving zeros on work
PCs to move on contempt against Liberals for hiding documents By | September 23, 2012
“Seat saver” gas plant cancellations
Some Chiefs Unhappy, But Grassroots Pleased By Colin Craig | September 21, 2012
Bill C-27
Portuguese protests against austerity By | September 21, 2012
A meeting of Portugal’s State Council is scheduled for today in an effort to diffuse what is said to be a potential political crisis
Should country specific trade surpluses and deficits be seen as positive, neutral, or negative? By | September 21, 2012
What it does say is that the U.S./China trade deficit is unprecedented, and that there are optimistic, middle ground, and pessimistic opinions about it
Drought and economic uncertainty squeeze outlook for Canada’s food manufacturers By | September 20, 2012
The worst drought in decades continues to punish key farm states in the United States
With regards, from James Fleming CD Howe Institute By Tariq Fancy | September 19, 2012
How to Spur Innovation? The Venture Capital Funds that Work Best: C.D. Howe Institute
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How negative might U.S. QE3 announced September 13 really be? By | September 18, 2012
Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates) on deleveraging (and other things)
CTF MP Pension Campaign Takes to the Air in Ottawa By Gregory Thomas | September 17, 2012
Possible importance of results of Wednesday, September 12 Netherland’s general election result By | September 17, 2012
And so it continues against austerity in Spain!
Consider what game Spain may be playing By | September 14, 2012
Fed Chair introduces new quantitative easing – can it succeed?
Ontario’s teacher-pay freeze doesn’t go nearly far enough By Gregory Thomas | September 14, 2012
Ontarians to pay even more for broken energy plan By Vic Fedeli, PC Energy Critic and Nipissing MPP | September 12, 2012
Ontario electricity prices are forecast to become the highest in North America next year