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- From Democracy to Imperial Government: The Conservative War on Raw Facts Continues
- The End of Days for Charest?
- CHAPTER 8: The Miserable Metrics of Neoliberalism
- Philosophy, Music and Art in the Service of the Quebec Student Protests
- Dutch Diseased Labour Markets
- The Return of the Very Cruel Economic System
- Don’t Cry for me Argentina: GM edition
- Thoughts on the Omnibus bogus budget bill
- Thoughts on Lord Black
Monthly Archives: March 2007
BCE 7th largest employer in Canada
RANK…………………..7 COMPANY……………..BCE Inc. (Year-End)……………(De05) EMPLOYEES…………..60,000 HEAD OFFICE…………Montreal,QC REVENUE/EMPLOYEE…$319,167 PROFIT/EMPLOYEE……$32,683 Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/v5/content/tp1000/index.php?view=top_50_employers
The Rise of the Ideological Question in Quebec
Travis Fast For the first time in almost three decades Quebec politics is being driven not by the national question but the ideological question. That is, instead of the nationalist question driving, with the ideological question as the passenger, the … Continue reading
Nouriel Roubini’s pre-emptive strike on the free marketeers
For those of you who have not already read this might I suggest you check-out Nouriel Roubini’s rant about who is responsible should the markets meltdown. Lefties should take note. Here is an excerpt: Who is to Blame for the … Continue reading
Tagged Banking/Credit
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Ontario Budget: 50 million in Pork to Magna
Travis Fast Updated: One important fact to keep in mind when reading this: Frank Stronach’s compensation was a cool 40,320,836 last year. Yes, you read that right 40 million and some change. This means the Ontario government (your tax dollars) … Continue reading
Mandatory P3s. Coming soon to a municipality near you?
Continuing on our P3 and infrastructure discussions, an unreported part of the 2007 federal budget. The conservatives announced the establishment of a “new federal office to identify and implement opportunities for public-private partnerships in infrastructure”. They then go on to … Continue reading
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The Heritage Foundation and Karl Marx
Travis Fast UPDATE: We should note that since the publication of this article the Heritage Foundation has removed their methodology section and no longer provides a detailed description of each of their sub-indices’s ………………………………….. Here is a question for our … Continue reading
Tagged Labour research
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The Disappointment of Election Budgets: Long on Pork Short on Priorities
Travis Fast From a policy point of view election budgets are always a bit of a disappointment. And this year’s budget is no exception. The problem with an election budget is that it is designed to spread the gravy over … Continue reading
Six Priorities for the Upcoming Elections
Travis Fast 1.) Environment: Kyoto and its associated mechanisms for reducing carbon emissions are a place to start but it is clear from the European and American experience that government will have to use a series of carrots and sticks … Continue reading
Dumb di di Dumb di di Dumb…
Someone should tell Labour this was tried in Canada, failed miserably, the banks abused it, and the government had to step back in. Should governments really be trying to raise money this way? Why would any government sell “assets bearing … Continue reading
Pensions and P3s: A Costly Investment
If somebody walked up to you and said they had an investment tip that would give you a return of 8-10% a year for 25 years, you’d probably ask, “what’s the catch”. Infrastructure is a hot topic in investment circles … Continue reading
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