Carbon tax: a conservative concept, not the Liberals October 13, 2008 By: Werner Patels Jonathan Kay raises interesting points about the carbon tax and posits that it’s actually quite a “conservative” tax. I’d like to…
John McCallum: Tory emissions plan is all pain, no gain October 13, 2008 With all the apocalyptic warnings coming from Conservative MPs about the Liberal Green Shift plan, it is eerie how silent they have been about…
Jobless rate at record 107,000 – Spinning the numbers October 10, 2008 Statistics Canada has surprised economists and tossed a wild card into the federal election campaign, reporting that the Canadian economy generated a record 107,000…
Jack Layton is the ideal opposition leader October 10, 2008 You can’t do your job as Leader of the Opposition. I don’t know what you’re doing running for Prime Minister. It’s a very unusual…
Market Meltdown: Black Friday Triggers Largest Loss in 21 Years, Investors Brace for Worse and Cry for Help October 10, 2008 If ever there was a setup for a Black Friday on Wall Street, this is it. Realistic Assessment of Risks We can hope it…
Canadian banks ranked soundest in the world – Maybe Harper is right and the fundementals are sound? October 9, 2008 U.S. has fallen to No. 40 in World Economic Forum list: Canada has the world’s soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and…
Alberta oilsands refineries could cause irreversible damage October 9, 2008 The development of a pipeline network and refineries around the Great Lakes to process Alberta bitumen “could cause irreversible” environmental damage to the…
Dion’s Support Grows; May Deny Harper a Majority October 8, 2008 In September, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada would NOT fall into recession, but on October 6th, the TSE fell more than 1000…
Encouraging Canadians to take advantage of stock market opportunities created by the world economic crisis October 8, 2008 TORONTO — Liberal Leader Stephane Dion is taking his Conservative rival to task for encouraging Canadians to take advantage of stock market opportunities created…
Canada will be in a recession – The fundementals are not sound? October 6, 2008 Posted: October 06, 2008, 8:01 AM by Jonathan Ratner Market Call Declining GDP in the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter…
