In the Bank of Canada’s semi-annual publication “Financial System Review” for December 2011, Canada’s central bank notes that there are some worrisome trends that could well have a negative impact on Canada’s financial system.
Media Appearances
A Private Solution to the Very Public Problem of First Nations Living Conditions
Here is a prediction: in a week, or two, or three, or six, the CBC and the Globe and the National Post and NDP MP Charlie Angus and Liberal leader Bob Rae will forget about the tiny, suffering northern community of Attawapiskat. And so will the rest of us.
Supply Management isn’t all it’s Cracked Up to be
I am not convinced that most Canadians are satisfied to pay a hefty premium for their dairy products in return for price stability. But perhaps the dairy farmers are on to something.
Why should consumers benefit only from stable dairy prices when there are so many other sectors that could benefit from supply management?
Attawapiskat: A ‘Homeland’ at the Crossroad
The road to Attawapiskat is not paved. When there is a “road,” it is made of ice and runs atop a frozen James Bay. For the 2,000 Cree aboriginals living in the fly-in Ontario community, winter means access to the rest of the world.
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Trust is the Foundation of Authority
The heartbreaking death of Nathanael Spitzer, the cancer-stricken boy from Ponoka, exposed a most callous streak in Alberta’s medical bureaucracy. There is no forgiving how Alberta Health Services appallingly used a child’s death to promote yet more COVID-19 fear. ...
Apple’s “Security” Pitch Conveniently Protects the iOS-Android Duopoly
In October, Apple Inc. warned that draft rules from the European Union that would require the technology company to open up its mobile operating system to third-party apps would pose a security risk to its users. Expanding on comments already made by CEO Tim Cook, a...
Is Man-Made Global Warming Real?
The sun is constantly emitting cosmic rays: Those that reach the Earth stimulate cloud creation, which has a cooling effect. But, when the sunspot cycle is active, the flow of cosmic rays is disrupted, fewer reach Earth’s atmosphere, cloud cover is diminished, and the Earth warms.
Housing Getting Cheaper
As the national economy gains strength it will actually hurts Saskatoon’s real estate market because once jobs pick up in the east, most other jurisdictions offer more affordable housing and will draw people from this market.
Hearts And Minds Mixed Over Heartlandia
The bottom line is the attempt to make cross-border activity easier, getting people working as a team more often and to capitalize on what may be a long growth cycle for the West.
All Roads Lead To The Middle
As the region’s agricultural, food processing, aerospace, transportation and manufacturing sectors mature, there is increasing interest in developing new markets within the region.
Heartlandia
The central North American region, known as Heartlandia, should build on strengths through a formalized cooperation mechanism.
Rates Relief Could Be On Way For Households
Upcoming local government reforms in New Zealand will follow America’s lead: more than half the US states use a system where property taxes (the equivalent of rates) are capped at the cost of living plus an increase based on population growth.
Cupid’s Arrow Fells Two Star-Crossed lovers – And An Entire Police Detachment
The tale of how Mr. Atkinson arrived at this point tells a little about love and a lot about the wide-ranging power held by native-community governments across Canada, according to experts.
Move Towards More Accountability
Like 60 other aboriginal communities in Canada, the band operates by custom election with no written code, nothing dictating a process for appeals.
Homework Good for Students, Study Says
Better to reform its use than abolish it.