Nowadays businesses here seem beset by short-termism, focusing their attention on immediate…
Canada’s Business
Meeting mania
Nowadays businesses are beset by a meeting mania. Getting together with colleagues seems to be a…
Financial engineering
As if there was not enough manipulation going on in financial markets, corporations now…
The greatest risk
There are many threats that potentially could derail our economy, everything from weak commodity…
Over enthusiam
One of the most surprising and puzzling economic trends is the unparalleled strength of the U.S.…
Think. analyze
Almost all families want their youngsters to have a post-secondary education. While their…
Acting emotionally
Real estate values in general do not follow the basic laws of supply and demand as do mainstream…
Marketing techniques
Nowadays the variety of consumer products on offer has exploded, not just from makers of branded…
Will it continue?
At long last our farmers are prospering. After years of hard work and earning only meagre returns,…
A dizzying cycle
For anyone shopping in grocery stores it is obvious that price increases over the past year have…
A real economic possibility
For the past few months there has loomed the real possibility of serious deflation. That would…
The same old errors in economic policies are being repeated once again
Even though it has not worked in the past, we are repeating over and over the policy that has led…
A misleading portrait of poverty in Canada
Shocking headlines tell us that the incomes of the poorest families are down by a double-digit…
A risky business
According to Statistics Canada, currently approximately one million people own and live in condos.…
Unchecked greed
One of the many things that need an overhaul in the business world is the role of company…