All the concern about Corporate & Union donations influencing elections certainly didn’t stop PM Trudeau from handing out 60M to an aluminum smelting plant which capped off a week of porkbarrel politics that saw nearly 5 million cheques and interest free loans handed out mere days before a by- election was announced. Then it was BC’s turn……

Capital Investment plays the key role in Economic Growth, Jobs and Salary increases and it has been in a tailspin since 2012 and continues to fall off a cliff. Canada’s economic Finance Minister says their is no massive flow of Investment Dollars out of Canada. So who is right? 

US money funnelled through Canadian groups is changing the political face of Canada. Tides USA not only brags about the 40 million it spent on more than 100 anti-pipeline groups, but was also the Major contributor behind Vsion Vancouver’s 2008 election victory. But it hardly stops there…. 

The legalization of Marijuana isn’t all fun & has some serious and expensive downsides. Policing, Prosecution and regulating the industry from production to sales for starters, plus there are more significant costs are that are being glossed over right now that merit serious discussion. 

If you are lucky enought to be part of a work-place pension & want to receive the benefits you’ve been promised you had better be pro-business and pro oil & gas because that is what those pensions, even the Public Sector Pensions, are invested in!