Canadian News, Opinion

Bank related news By | July 5, 2012
At best this situation is like ‘reverse chicken soup’
Oda to Receive $701K Pension Payout By Gregory Thomas | July 3, 2012
For the year ending 2009-10, taxpayers contributed $102.6 million to the MP pension fund, while parliamentarians chipped in $4.4 million, a $23.30 to $1 ratio
Market gains on eurozone announcement? By | July 3, 2012
On the face of things, this agreement will not serve to solve any problems in the Eurozone, it simply will result in more quantitative easing
Calls for public inquiry into mall collapse, coroner and ministry probe underway By | June 28, 2012
Officials insist the suspension was never meant to be permanent
CTF Slams $23 million Payday for the MP Pension Plan By | June 28, 2012
Parliamentary pension plan
Taxpayers Brace For Another Carbon Tax Hike By Jordan Bateman | June 28, 2012
B.C. carbon tax increases from 5.56 to 6.67 cents per litre on July 1st
How Ottawa’s Renewed Drive for National Securities Regulator Could Play Out By | June 28, 2012
A passport system - which would harmonize and allow for mutual recognition of regulatory requirements - could be implemented between the national regulator and Quebec.
War of the Wikis By | June 28, 2012
A grassroots response to an attack against smokers
The Great Depression Again? By | June 26, 2012
How far from here is their edge of their respective cliffs for each country that is now in financial difficulty?
Canadian CEO’s Hold Onto Cash! By | June 25, 2012
More than 80% of executives polled think the Canadian economy will expand in the next year, and 71% think the U.S. economy has improved and will experience modest growth
Walmart Canada Launches Hiring Spree By | June 25, 2012
Forty-seven hiring centres are being opened across Canada
U.N. slams Canada, Switzerland for restricting demonstrations, likens it to Algeria, Belarus, Jordan By UNWatch.org | June 21, 2012
UN expert freedom of assembly would consider visit to Canada; Belarus dictatorship accuses Canada of police brutality
How Was $224 Million Spent on Dam Negotiations? By | June 20, 2012
CTF will be challenging refusal to release details on these expenditures with new information law
Trudeau’s Ghost wins again By | June 20, 2012
The Supreme Appellant Court of Ontario is Prejudiced
Air Canada Running Out of Fuel By | June 20, 2012
If we won't let an insolvent company go bankrupt let's at least put an end to the unfairness of Canadians having to support fund generous gold-plated pensions on their tax dollars
Very Important News Today? By | June 19, 2012
The consequences to Germany of a Euro break-up
Downtown office space in demand across Canada By | June 19, 2012
U.N. puts Canada on human rights watchlist over Quebec demo law By UN Watch | June 17, 2012
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay
The West does Away with Itself - Islam By | June 15, 2012
The West needs vigilance to preserve its culture
Auditor General’s Audit of Parliament Only Scratches the Surface By | June 13, 2012
Audit reveals MPs reimbursed for expenses without providing proper paperwork, Only a tiny sample size reviewed—264 of 85,000 transactions
Inflation or Deflation By | June 13, 2012
Continued ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ has to lead to prolonged inflation so long as that process continues
The Unexpected Impact of Ontario’s “Tax on the Rich” By Alexandre Laurin | June 13, 2012
"Tax increases have a negative effect on economic activity and incomes, especially for high-income earners who tend to be more responsive to tax changes,"
Enough is Enough By Colin Craig, Prarie Director | June 8, 2012
It’s obvious that many of our roads and highways need fixing, but instead of tax hikes, wasteful spending should be redirected
TransLink TVs Take Taxpayers for Half a Million Bucks By Jordan Bateman | June 5, 2012
Only four of the 13 TransLink TVs are in service today
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Near-term Central Bank Intervention? By | June 1, 2012
At some point it has to become implausible to believe that quantitative easing can ‘save the ship
Global instability blamed for Canada’s bigger total trade deficit By | June 1, 2012
Thursday saw little to cheer about on the global front.
Too Much Is Happening Too Fast! By | June 1, 2012
Today’s news included a number of what may prove to be important negative economic markers
The Tyranny of the Minority By | June 1, 2012
Ontario’s War on Religion and Parental Freedom
Gold and Gold Miners By | May 31, 2012
Whatever happens in the world and in country specific economies will influence the financial markets.
EI Reform Critics, Harper Government Both Turn Their Backs on Working Canadians By Gregory Thomas | May 31, 2012
$20 billion each year in the hands of working Canadians who really deserve the money