Usually we talk about what divides us. It’s the focal point of politics but Christmas is a reminder of how companies and individuals come together to help people and families less fortunate.

Governments knew we needed more housing supply – so what did they do? They focused on demand, instead of supply, which in turn discouraged building and made the affordable housing crisis worse.

It’s a plot that’s about to become familiar. The French public sector pensions are unaffordable. The government wants to make changes. Protesting starts, at times violent – and then the protestors cut the electricity …to be continued.

SNC Lavalin has a criminal conviction in Canada – fined $280 million – on probation – and contrary to the what we were told, jobs haven’t been lost, the head office is still in Quebec and it can still bid on public projects.