For the past two decades, Canadian governments and Bay Street financiers have been conducting an ideological experiment on our economy. Their hypothesis: The only option to manage government finances is to cut public spending and drastically reduce tax revenues.
For a select few, this experiment has been an overwhelming success....
(13) Comments | Posted February 2, 2012 | 10:28 AM
European trade negotiators are in Ottawa this week to continue talks with their Canadian counterparts toward a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). According to most accounts, the negotiations are winding down with differences in only a few areas. In Davos last week, at the World Economic Forum,...
(35) Comments | Posted November 4, 2011 | 9:07 AM
It takes a baffling level of arrogance to claim to be acting in the best interests of Canadian workers while relentlessly dismissing, belittling, and attacking unionized workers across Canada.
Arrogance, however, is a trait far from rare among Harper Conservatives, who are spending an inordinate amount of time and...

(22) Comments | Posted March 29, 2012 | 7:14 AM