A Terrbile Reason To Support Proportional Representation
11/28/2018 4:24 PMI have no problem with people who want proportional representation but it’s hard to respect their opinions when they point to PR as the reason for Germany's stability and economic strength. Sorry, but clearly they don't have a...
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Fears Of An Economic Slowdown Grow
11/27/2018 4:23 PMNegative economic signals. The WTO said that trade momentum slowed in the third quarter and is likely to continue to slow in the last three months of 2018. The WTO says trade flows are at their slowest point since October 2016. Meanwhile, General Motors announced...
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GM Plant Closures Remind Us that All Jobs are Equal But Some are More Equal Than Others
11/27/2018 4:19 PMHow can the Liberals and NDP not see that cheerleading, even subsidizing jobs in the auto sector that produce cars and truck that account for 25% of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions yet have nothing to say when they kill the jobs associated with the cancellation of...
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Electric Vehicles Are Already Impacting Oil Demand
11/26/2018 7:13 PMThe International Energy Agency published its World Energy Outlook this week, its annual effort at revising assessments of future demand for and supply of fuels and electricity. There’s a familiar theme within it: The IEA expects more renewable-energy use in the...
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Those “Not In Labor Force” Will Surge Over The Next Decade
11/26/2018 4:26 PMThere are presently about 96 million Americans whom are 16+ years old and considered to be "not in the labor force" (those neither working nor actively looking for work). Those "not in labor force" has increased by over 17 million since 2008, while those employed has...
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A Big Win in Court For Patients Who Suffer Needlessly
11/26/2018 4:15 PMNDP leaders and cabinet ministers in BC have avoided healthcare waiting lists by using the Cambie Street Surgery Centre, a private clinic but have spent millions of tax dollars trying to prevent patients from doing the same. But now the BC Supreme Court has ruled...
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Banning of Speech Gains Speed
11/25/2018 9:11 PMDecisions on who and what gets to be said or written is decending into mob rule and...
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Bolstering Trudeau Re-Election Doesn’t Justify Debt
11/25/2018 9:05 PMIf we're going to take on more debt even when times are good, there better be a good reason tied to making the economy more productive. Pet projects and special interests don't cut...
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You Won’t Believe How Big Alberta’s Deficit Is Going To Be
11/25/2018 12:13 AMU of Calgary economist, Trevor Tombe shocked the province with his projection on the size of the deficit in the coming decades if nothing changes. It's unsustainable but is there the political will to do anythng about...
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Borrowing and Spending in Good Times is a Recipe For…
11/25/2018 12:10 AMDeja vu all over again. We're back to the old time Liberal borrow and spend budgets - even in good times. Plus John Johnston drops by to talk what to do with your investments in today's volatility while Ozzie Jurock cowers at the thought of new vacancy control. And...
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