Now that we are just about at the peak of student enrolment at our post-secondary institutions,…
Canada’s Business
A prolonged problem
Economists remain puzzled because the sluggish economy has not recovered more. After all,…
More to be done
Prejudices slowly are disappearing in Canada. One by one we have started to eliminate biases that…
Short-termism
Nowadays businesses here seem beset by short-termism, focusing their attention on immediate…
Why the difference
Most of us have noted that the sticker price of goods in Canada is much higher for the same things…
Being rushed
Why do people nowadays feel so rushed? It is a common complaint that everybody, everywhere seems to…
The politics of envy
Leftist radicals and the so-called do-gooders constantly are repeating their pleas for higher taxes…
Nothing more important
Of all the contracts we sign, nothing is more important than the marriage one. We sign contracts to…
A new trend
Up until recently we felt that the workforce appeared to be so young, notably police and…
A widening gap
A major negative factor in our financial system is the growing economic inequality, which…
Fresh thinking
Certainly it appears presumptuous for an ordinary economist such as this columnist to criticize…
A good indicator
Changes in the commercial property market are a good forecaster of economic trends. Capital…
Alarm bells
Recently-released economic statistics should trigger alarm bells in Canada. Our nation’s…
What it takes
This side of Heaven it is impossible to determine which career is the most valuable. Who is to say…
An obsession
The current widespread trend of buying luxury goods has become almost an obsession, a curious…