Our economy in North America depends to a great extent on official statistics, for the most part…
Canada’s Business
Not a good bet
According to conventional wisdom, it is accepted as a good bet that shares on the stock market…
Climbing aboard
It may seem peculiar to many in the present era, but there is underway a revival of the railway…
A new focus
Few would dispute that Canada’s neglect of the North has been shameful. Aside from Prime…
Deregulation nonsense
Widespread, financial turmoil dominated the recent presidential election in the United States.…
Canada has a big productivity advantage
In view of newspaper headlines proclaiming that General Motors could cease its operations in…
Expect some stiff headwinds before a recovery
Inasmuch as history books are full of examples of rapid and sharp recoveries following steep…
Canada could be lucky, too
Australia often has been dubbed “Lucky Australia.” Over the past year or so that…
Profound consequences of working with an aging workforce
Even under the best of circumstances, managing the workforce is difficult and complicated.…
The financial industry has become a terrible waste
Despite last year’s debacle in the stock and bond markets, young people graduating from…
Greatly improved
Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, vividly described the deplorable treatment of workers,…
Horribly inefficient
There are innumerable examples of non-profit organizations that usually are advised to become more…
Canadas 4-Fs status will help to ensure its prosperity
In the Unites States, at Armed Forces’ induction stations those deemed medically unfit have…
Boxing Day now a distorted custom
Every so often something comes along that shows how much our economy and our customs have been…
Humdrum sales now the norm
Retailers have been going to extraordinary lengths to boost sales and profits. On the day after…
