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May 2008: Now Let’s Review the Private Sector
More waste can be found in corporate than gov’t offices I recently served on a special panel reviewing the financial problems at the City of…
Lessons From Sweden
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The ‘Last Recession Spook’
A Very Curable Disease Download 132.15 KB5 pages Toronto-based social policy analyst John Stapleton teaches us a valuable history lesson with his new piece The…
April 2008: Industry at a Crossroads (Part I)
Canada’s forest industry reeling from market, monetary shocks The Canadian forestry industry, long one of the stalwarts within the Canadian economy, is now at a…
Strange Bedfellows at BCE
Ontario Teachers and U.S. Private Equity Funds Download 123.37 KB5 pages
For Sale to the Highest Bidder
Telecom Policy in Canada Download 123.37 KB144 pages More than ever before, we depend on telecommunications services to conduct our economic, cultural and social lives.…
CCPA-NS Outlook
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March 2008: Corporate Power, Voter Powerlessness
Most citizens want corporate power curbed—but gov’ts don’t What are we to make of the recent Ipsos Global Public Affairs poll disclosing that a large…
Controversial NAFTA challenges continue to grow—study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The number of challenges launched by foreign investors against Canada under NAFTA’s controversial investment rules continues to grow, says a…
Why Foreign Ownership Still Matters in 2008
Submission to Competition Policy Review Panel Download 146.83 KB9 pages
Feds to post first deficit in a decade if economy slows: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—A decade of federal budget surpluses could come to an end if an economic slowdown materializes in 2008,…
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