Interview of the Week

Great Advice from Guests James Thorne & Paul Beattie

 

02:04 – 08:11 Featured Guest James Thorne – James sees this current market correction as a great opportunity to get less invested in Canada and more invested in the US

09:05 – 16:05 Featured Guest Paul Beattie –  Up more than 20% in 2017 using long & short strategies allowing them to make money on Friday’s 666 point Dow decline. Paul on a new opportunities in CDN stocks.

…also from Michael: Why Canada Sell Its Oil at a Discount

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….also from Michael: The Bad News Battle Between The BC & Alberta NDP 

Canada’s Healthcare: Designed to Be The Worst

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

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Why Canada Sell Its Oil at a Discount

 

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!

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The Myth of Infrastructure Spending

 

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

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The Threat To Union Jobs

 

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

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