Mike's Daily Comment
While the east coast of Canada imports 700,000 Barrels a day of World Prices, the rest of Canada sells 2/3 of its production of oil at prices that are $25 to $30 a barrel less than world prices. Natural gas sells at 60% of the World Price. Reasons why…
….also from Michael: Why Won’t Canadians Scream ENOUGH!

Infrastructure spending always sounds good. That it can be used to rescue the economy is where infrastructure performance diverges from reality. Many of the arguments made in favour of large infrastructure spending do not withstand scrutiny

260,000 UPS workers major contract demand is that UPS guarantee it will not use drones of driverless vehicles for delivery. Now that labour has woken up to this threat to jobs, isn’t it about time politicians and our school system stopped ingnoring the issue!
….also from Michael: Political and Economic Question of the Week

While 1700 private Jets converged on Davos Switzerland to say all the right things about Global Warming, poverty and feminism, an increasing segment of society think they are full of it.
….related from Michael: Trudeau: Workers before Profits! No Tax Cuts




Canada’s Healthcare: Designed to Be The Worst
Posted by Michael Campbell
on Friday, 2 February 2018 14:21
Despite 10’s of billions spent to reduce healthcare wait times, they are longer than ever and Canada’s Health System still ranks the lowest in the Western World. No surprise given the system is designed to make everyone wait. Everyone except priviledged Government or Union workers that is…
….also from Michael: Why Canada Sell Its Oil at a Discount