So, as many of us suspected, much of the flow from the proposed new Enbridge pipeline will be going down the West Coast to the U.S., not all of it to Asia as had previously been suggested. So much then for the lack of danger to the Pacific West Coast and all the more [...]
Interested in poverty? The distribution of income? Our social policies? The new edition of Welfare Incomes is now available from the National Council of Welfare. It’s full of interesting (and depressing) information. Your public or university library will have a copy. Some brief quotes: “Most welfare incomes remain far below any socially accepted measure [...]
In a list of 23 OECD donor countries, Canada has fallen to 14th place in foreign aid $ as a % of GDP. In a World Bank list of 38 donor countries, we’re down in 29th place. So much for Canadian generosity! * * * * * A Calgary Herald editorial points out that Canada uses [...]
Don Martin, in the National Post, writes “there’s a very high possibility that Canada would have dissolved in the 1970s or at least faced very serious disruption had Trudeau not been prime minister.” Surprising comment from a surprising source. “After his death, polls christened Mr. Trudeau the best prime minister in history, with a [...]
On November 1st the New York Times carried a column by their op-ed columnist Bob Herbert on the subject of inequality of income in the U.S. It’s excellent, and much of what Herbert writes applies to what has been happening in Canada as well. I’ll ask Jillian if she can provide a link. It’s [...]
Re the Fraser Institute’s suggestion that we suspend enforcement of the Canada Health Act, is it not quite amazing that anyone still takes these Neanderthals seriously? Yes, I can understand the troglodytes in their caves at the National Post giving them prominence, but anyone else??? * * * * * Amazing! 40% of Americans say [...]
The new edition of The Monitor (CCPA) has some very good stuff. In particular see the excellent articles on money-saving pharmacare and Bruce Campbell’s on neo-con economics. * * * * * Print journalists don’t seem to understand how much trouble Canada is in because of our steadily deteriorating current account balance which has [...]
Sorry. Been away. Edmonton was great. Mary Simon gave a first-class talk. CBC’s Ideas will broadcast it. U of A Provost gave a very nice dinner. All in all, two great days. Off to Ottawa for celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Canadian Encyclopedia. * * * * * [...]
Several people, mostly on the left, have been complaining about Canada’s loss of some 300,000 manufacturing jobs during the recent recession. That’s a huge loss affecting the entire economy in a major way. But, it’s actually much worse than that. In 2004 there were 2,292,000 Canadians employed in the high-wage manufacturing sector, with all [...]
Is Canada over-centralized as you hear so often from Alberta, Quebec, The National Post and Bay Street? Nonsense, nonsense and double-nonsense. Every year, the other levels of government take in and spend much more than Ottawa. And every year, the gap grows bigger. Here are new figures from Statistics Canada. In 2009, the federal [...]
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