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The road to good intentions
Today, something remarkable happened. And, as remarkable as it is, it shows us how far behind Canada has fallen from its ideal self as a beacon of fairness, social justice and equality....
November 24, 2009
Parliament will try (again) to eradicate child poverty
"Twenty years after a unanimous federal government motion to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000, which it failed to make good on, Parliament has unanimously agreed to try again," writes...
November 24, 2009
Recession watch: May's job losses
In the past few weeks there has been lots of talk that the worst of of Canada's recession is over; that some "green shoot" indicators hint recovery may be on the way. It's hard to tell what...
June 5, 2009
Excess CEO pay hits home
A story in the Financial Post reports the CEO of Canada's TD Bank is donating his $3 million dollar bonus to charity...
February 19, 2009
The quiet limits of greed
Thinking about Canada's economic crisis, I frequently find myself wondering: "What would Obama do?" Today, I got his answer to the problem of self-absorbed CEOs who stick one hand out for...
February 4, 2009
Canada out of step with rest of world
The federal government has leaked its 2009 deficit figures: Canada faces a $34 billion deficit this year with more to come. These deficit numbers imply the federal government’s stimulus...
January 23, 2009
Pockets lined with gold
New, from the St. John's Telegram  Jeers: to the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. A recent study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has determined that by...
January 5, 2009
CEO Pay: The party keeps on going
By 9:04 a.m. January 2nd Canada's best paid 100 CEOs will have already pocketed what will take Canadians earning the average wage an entire year to earn. That's right, by the time you boot...
January 2, 2009
Gajillion dollar bailouts
As the US government continues to figure out just how much it will take to bail out financial markets, up to the tune of $1 trillion dollars, the sound of Dr. Evil's voice creeps into in my head...
September 23, 2008
Have you checked your RRSPs lately?
I had dinner with a friend last night. One of those apolitical friends - the kind that notice when something big happens, like Barack Obama and the politics of hope, but doesn't monitor...
September 11, 2008

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