economy
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Industrial Revolution redux. How globalism, free trade and the internet is changing our world, –and not necessarily for the better.
@ Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 – 17:15:35
We are facing not only global recession, but also a global rearranging of economic society and social relationships, of which the London Caterpillar … more -
Get ready for Armageddon –Mark Steyn [Maclean's Aug.22.]
@ Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 – 23:25:05
Mark Steyn wrote another book. After buying and reading first one, “America Alone”, I swore I would never buy another apocalyptic book. Yet, I cannot … more -
IQT loses grant over Oshawa layoffs –Star, July 20th
@ Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 – 14:25:10
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean showed an exceptional and unusual degree of empathy and solidarity when he cancelled the IQT $ 1.6 million grant to set up … more -
Published in "Opinions - letters" Toronto Str Jan.3rd
@ Sunday, Jan. 02, 2011 – 17:21:46
“Rumours of decline greatly exaggerated “ – Sunday Star, 02/01/11 Paraphrasing Mark Twain’s "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated", Tom … more -
MEDICARE DEBATE REDUX
@ Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 – 21:48:20
I was living in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1960 - 61 during the “doctor strike” there. The NDP’s Saskatchewan plan was based on the Scandinavian and British … more -
Nortel, and our techno-nationalist delusions -Andrew Coyne, Maclean’s Aug 31st
@ Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 – 22:04:43
[ ... ] our global economy, corporate ownership is fluid and ephemeral. Canada has lost many of its old corporate names to foreigners – Stelco and ... more -
“We can’t talk about immigration” –Mark Steyn, Maclean’s Aug.17th
@ Friday, Aug. 07, 2009 – 02:22:22
[ ... ] need for the economy; we are also a nation with a low birth rate, below the level of replacement. Thus, if we want to grow economically and also to ... more -
The sale of Nortel Networks
@ Wednesday, Aug. 05, 2009 – 01:52:32
Regarding the sale of bankrupt Nortel Networks;there is a ready and willing Canadian company wanting to purchase a major part of Nortel: Research In … more -
NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT!!"
@ Sunday, May. 24, 2009 – 17:02:17
"I am completely ticked with this disruption by less than 3% of a city's population and every one a foreigner wanting the country they adopted to solve … more -
Tamil protest on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto.
@ Monday, May. 11, 2009 – 21:59:34
While one can sympathize with Tamils who have relatives in Sri Lanka, it does not follow that we should accept their recent behaviour, shutting down … more
