Category: economics

Canada economics Politics
December 14, 2008

Canadian Budget: Some Room For A BIG Cut

We owe it to Canadians to remind them that there’s no point in fretting about a couple of million here or there in terms of philosophical cuts like public finance for Canadian parties or holding off on Constitutional rights to strike if you’re a public servant. We have a fantastic opportunity ahead of us, but we need to mobilize lobbying efforts and encourage local politicians […]

Canada economics environment Politics
December 1, 2008

Financial Crisis and Ecological Amnesia

I’ve been using this blog to try to point out some of the flaws in getting the same old crew to repair the messes that they created in the first place.  Of course, to take a page from the Adbusters gang as they revved up Buy Nothing Day for last week, we also start to understand that the core of the problem is us.  Until […]

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December 1, 2008

What Was the Point of the Economic Statement

It seems the Conservative government has blinked and has eliminated several of the more contentious components of the economic statement from last Thursday.  John Baird said over the weekend that they won’t try to eliminate the right for public sector members to strike, nor would they eliminate public funding for campaign finance.  Of course, it wasn’t Harper or Flaherty making these statements.  It was Baird.  […]

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November 30, 2008

Great Depression by 2011

And now for some really good news.  Well, I tried. This article offers a fairly complete list of reasons why we should at least expect zero growth for the next three years.  When our MA in Economics leaders claim that they couldn’t see it coming, I’ll feel like I’ve fulfilled my public duty by warning them here first. It’s the least I can do. Now, […]

Canada disaster capitalism economics tax issues
November 27, 2008

Putting a Face on Harper Economics

A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to a radio show and a woman called in to describe how she and her husband had lost a massive part of their personal savings because of the elimination of the benefits with income trusts when the Conservatives took power in 2006. This family had to sell their house.  They are retired.  They are broke.  They are […]