The success of our institutions for higher education is key to our economic future. Yet changes in…
Canada’s Business
Always busy
Most of us believe that if we were to become wealthy, we would have much more leisure time. Those…
Creative destruction
Economists hold forth about the effects of the creative destruction; it is what makes capitalism…
Not a sinecure
There should be more discussion about corporate directorships, something that ultimately affects…
Better explanations needed
The actions of the central banks, the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve System have a profound…
The wider gap
Inequality in Canada is rising, an unfortunate trend, creating a gap that is very harmful to the…
Forecasting
This particular column should enable the general public to make economic forecasts, reliable…
Not abstract numbers
Commodity prices are not abstract numbers pulled out of thin air, but rather a very important…
Celebrity mania
Not a day goes by without the press featuring some celebrity. There is nothing wrong with that…
Regulating the regulators
According to a recent report from CIBC, Canada has been in a boom in small business promotion.…
Marketing mania
Most of us know that when we endorse the back of a cheque, we assume responsibility for that…
Disappointing ‘capex’
For an economy to prosper, companies must spend money on new plants and equipment – capital…
Unintelligent intelligence
From time immemorial many have attempted to predict the future. In ancient Greece people visited…
A shining star
Politicians so often have proved to be a disappointment, so we are inclined to look askance at…
Organizational complexity
In business and in government, there are too many cases of management consisting of mismanagement.…