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Entries from August 2009

Throne Speech: War on the Middle Class

August 26th, 2009 · 15 Comments

At first I was skeptical … as I usually am: an article this summer in the journal Canadian Perspectives viewed the current economic crisis in the context of Class Warfare. Robert Chernomas, Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba and a member of the Council of Canadians board of directors, cited statistics that showed in [...]

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HST Should NOT Top BC Rail Concerns

August 23rd, 2009 · 11 Comments

There’s a great anticipation simmering in the land: most of the public in B.C., business groups and the media can hardly wait for the big Horrifying Sales Tax debate to hit the floor of the Legislature. The Legislature resumes sitting Tuesday. Of course, the HST should get a great deal of attention: the deceit (or [...]

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