January 9, 2012
Politics
Canadians almost seem bored with federal politics. Harper’s abolition of the gun registry and wheat board went straight over most people’s heads. Both the registry and the board concerned only a fraction of Canadians; most others simply took note of the events, if that, and filed it under “Big Deal”. Both measures were designed as [...]
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September 1, 2010
Business
The world was recently treated to images from China, where workers for contract manufacturers of mostly Western companies formed their own ad-hoc unions and rose up in protest at their working conditions. Even more impressive was the fact that many of them actually won concessions from their employers, and this trend has already begun to [...]
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