I just heard Shawn Graham on CTV talking with Jane Tabor at the Liberal convention. He has the shtick down pretty good – in the short term more Equalization (10 province/resources revenue in standard) to lead to a weening off…
Continue ReadingHeadz or Tails?
The Amherst Daily News and the CBC are reporting that the mega project that would have brought 1,500 jobs to Parrsboro may be in jeopardy. While no statement has come from Headz Gamez International (H.G.I.), unofficial word from a company…
Continue ReadingIT industry needs a unified voice
The TJ is running an article this morning making the case for a provincial ICT industry association. I agree. However, there are industry associations and then there are industry associations. In the past there have been attempts at an industry…
Continue ReadingThe Quebec Nation
I know I promised to stay off unrelated topics but after hearing a plethora of callers to Rex Murphy’s Cross Country Check Up talk about their ‘disgust’ and one saying this was the ‘end of Canada’, I still feel compelled,…
Continue ReadingFlaherty, don’t forget about the poor regions
I know the Federal Tories look at the world through a national lense. I know that all of the ‘have not’ Atlantic provinces only amount to 7.5% of the total Canadian population – just an annoyance really – especially from…
Continue ReadingPoliticians shouldn’t live in fantasy land
In my opinion, some politicians like to try and spin information to suit their needs and others just plain live in fantasy land. Jeannot Volpé, with all due respect, is the latter. He writes a long windy op-ed in the…
Continue ReadingLord’s economic legacy
Data is going to trickle in over the next months and years that will help us better assess the impact of the Lord government over the past seven years. As you know, it is increasingly likely that we will show…
Continue ReadingBy the way……
It seems to me that I took a little heat for my support of Iggy’s ‘nation’ within a united Canada status for Quebec. Now that Stephen Harper has brought forth the exact same concept, am I vindicated?
Continue ReadingBeware the vested interests
Every night is a different gameWe gotta work for our fortune and fameSuccess is a ladder take a step at a timeAnd the people will remember your name Yes I found out all the tricks of the tradeAnd that there’s…
Continue ReadingA lament for a foot soldier
Tie me at the crossroads when I dieHang me in the wind ’til I get good and dryAnd the kids that pass can scratch their headsAnd say “who was that guy?”Tie me at the crossroads when I die Tie Me…
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