In many parts of Canada, particularly in the eastern parts of the nation, too many youngsters do…
Canada’s Business
Timing is everything
In so many things timing is everything. Too early leads to perplexity and too late can mean…
Run amok
Whizzing around companies’ electronic mail system is increasing to an almost unmanageable…
Good news
Long overdue is good news in this column. After about one year of relatively dismal performance,…
Financial challenges
The success of our institutions for higher education is key to our economic future. Yet changes in…
Hard choices
It never has been easy to know how to invest successfully, but recently it has become much more…
More to be done
Prejudices slowly are disappearing in Canada. One by one we have started to eliminate biases that…
Going nowhere
While this column is about Canada’s Business, what goes on south of the border is of…
Think twice
A widespread criticism of current economic trends is the growing disparity between those earning…
Presumptuous
It may seem presumptuous for this economist to disagree with the comments and actions of the U.S.…
Questionable tactic
With the economy and stock markets in the doldrums, some corporations are searching for remedies. A…
Long overdue
Most rational observers do not want government activities expanded or cabinet departments added.…
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,…