February 2011

Alberta needs a more stable revenue base

February 26, 2011 Business

It’s official: Alberta’s government has brought down its latest budget with a deficit of $3.4 billion. Total spending is close to $40 billion. The government expects deficits to continue for a couple of more years before returning into the black. Of course, this deficit number doesn’t include the enormous deficit of Alberta Health Services, so [...]

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Is Apple charging too much?

February 22, 2011 Business

Amazon and Apple share the same compensation plan for developers and publishers: the two Big A’s pocket 30 per cent of sales, and the other 70 per cent goes to the developer or publisher. Apple recently launched a new subscription feature for companies wishing to publish their newspapers and magazines over the iPad, and again, [...]

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Ignatieff less popular than ‘None of the above’

February 21, 2011 Politics

How much more humiliation can the Liberal leader take? With a possible federal election just weeks or months away, the Liberals must be asking themselves: When is the right time to simply throw in the towel?

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They shall be known by their responses

February 21, 2011 Politics

There’s no topic, especially political ones, that all can agree on. Disagreement, dispute and discord are part of human nature and the way we interact with each other. But the way in which some show or voice their disagreement is quite telling and automatically proves that they’re wrong about whatever viewpoint or cause they represent.

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Wisconsin is saying no to unions, and so must we all

February 21, 2011 Business

The standoff between the Wisconsin government and unions, with the latter enjoying the full support of Democrats and President Barack Obama, is a timely reminder that we must say no to unions of all kinds if we want to avoid being driven to bankruptcy.

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No iPads for Canadian MPs

February 20, 2011 Politics

Last year the EU, in its usual largesse involving taxpayers’ money, handed European officials and parliamentarians “free” iPads. Thankfully, the Canadian government is more reasonable. Even though it denied the request for all the wrong reasons, taxpayers can breathe a sigh of relief for not having to pay for their MPs’ iPads.

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High-tech coins could create untold problems

February 20, 2011 Politics

The Canadian government is planning to modify the one and two dollar coins (loonies and toonies) to make things more difficult for counterfeiters.

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Harper government finally showing ‘conservative’ approach to immigration mess

February 18, 2011 Politics

One government report disclosed by a national newspaper a couple of years ago, and which was suppressed within two weeks of publication, revealed that only 23 per cent of all immigrants currently in Canada are “net tax contributors”. The other 77 per cent cost taxpayers $18 billion a year (not including the immense cost stemming [...]

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Welcome to Nazi Europe

February 17, 2011 Politics

The European Union (EU) has been criticized and attacked for many different things, but one common refrain among detractors old enough to remember World War II is that the EU has come to resemble Nazi Germany more and more.

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Welcome to America. That’ll be $5.50, please!

February 17, 2011 Business

I can’t help but shake my head in disbelief and dismay whenever I see Canadians try to emulate our neighbour to the south. On Facebook, for example, one is treated to Canadian attempts to create a “Tea Party”, while several others, all “conservatives” and “libertarians”, keep praising the US as the best country in the [...]

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