by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 17, 2008 | Economy, News, USA
Sometimes you have to look around outside of your own personal sector and reflect on the world at large. If you haven’t noticed, our financial infrastructure is tumbling down around our ears. The U.S. agreed yesterday to bail out AIG at the cost of $85 billion. Just...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 16, 2008 | News
Jeremy Nusinowitz The Jack Layton Show will go to air across the Astral Media Radio Newstalk Network on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. At the start of the federal election campaign, Newstalk 1010 CFRB extended an invitation to each major...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 16, 2008 | Election, News, USA
This Reuters article reports more detail on the candidates’ economic policies – specifically their policies on trade with China. There is no more crucial issue in this election than trade policy, especially our policy toward trade with China, where our trade...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 16, 2008 | News
An interesting post on The Progressive Economics Forum —- Once again, there seems to be a heavier hand in editing Statistics Canada’s releases. This morning The Daily reported that: “Spending on research and development in the higher education sector amounted...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 15, 2008 | Canada, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, News, Oil, USA, World
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta. Each Caterpillar 797B heavy hauler — three-stories high,...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 15, 2008 | Canada, GTA Issues, GTA News, News, Ontario, Toronto, World
This is why the laws must be changed. A life has been snubbed out because of a possible drunk driver. I am not sure how one can justify going in the wrong direction on a provincial highway? The way the laws stand he will probably get a “slap on the wrist”,...