Share Good ammunitions for the Tories. :) It’s the economy, stupid. Ignatieff’s tax talk taking toll: Poll CP — Michael Ignatieff’s musings about potential tax increases could hurt his efforts to build Liberal support across the country – except in Quebec, a new poll suggests. Thirty per cent of respondents to the Canadian Press Harris-Decima [...]
Share Confidence! It’s all about confidence! For those who’ve taken Econ 101, remember the power of “i” to the stability of any economy? Optimism up as well with more than half expecting business growth in the next 6 months CNW – An Angus Reid Strategies survey of Canadian small businesses commissioned by STAPLES Canada has [...]
Share CP – New figures showing a spike in personal bankruptcies and employment insurance applications show the recession is causing a lot of anguish with Canadians. And given that the two distress indicators lag what is actually occurring in the economy, analysts say the next 12 months will see many more personal and corporate bankruptcies [...]
Share (caption: A worker gives a finishing touch on a golden statue of cows decorated for the up-coming Chinese Spring Festival on display outside a office building in Beijing, China, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. (AP)) The Newsweek carries a feature this week praising the effectiveness of China’s control and command economy during an economic meltdown. [...]
Share This economic meltdown is really amazing. No matter how confident Canadians or BCers were just a few months back, it’s a reality that we are going downwards. Should feel blissed to be able to hang on to my job :P From the Globe and Mail: Last Friday, Mr. Hansen received updates from the dozen [...]
Share CP – The Bank of Canada took an axe to short-term interest costs Tuesday, cutting its key rate by three quarters of a point in a move to get consumers and businesses borrowing and spending again and help revive the slumping economy. The drop in the central bank rate to the lowest level in [...]
Share Immigration Reforms Put Canada On The Right Track Conference Board of Canada release — The convergence of Canada’s “temporary” and “permanent” systems is providing a more flexible and adaptive approach to immigration, according to a Conference Board study, Renewing Immigration: Towards a Convergence and Consolidation of Canada’s Immigration Policies and Systems. “Canada’s permanent and [...]
Share Found this article written by the CEO of the Conference Board of Canada in response to James Bissett’s op-ed “The truth about immigration is that costs exceed benefits”. This article is a bit old (September 22, 2008) but I think the arguments are still valid and strong. We do need more immigrants By Anne [...]
Share People interviewed by FTV tonight saying that the premier’s need to make an address on economy makes them feel that the danger facing BC is real. “Otherwise, why does the premier choose to talk suddenly now?” Are such opinions opposite to what the address would want to create? Pretty ironic. :) This is what [...]
Share KEY FINDINGS 45% of Canadians say a Tory majority would not be able to run a balanced budget (up from 38% in early October) 47% say Conservative majority would keep taxes low, 41% disagree 64% say they would increase role of private health care 64% say they would cut arts and film funding 39% [...]
Copyright © CIV 2006-2010 · All Rights Reserved ·
Recent Comments