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Niagara ranks second in national economic ranking: National Bank

February 6, 2018 no comments

The strength of the local housing market has Niagara ranked the second best in economic performance across the country. A special report from the National Bank of Canada was recently released measuri...

The case against the Uber economy

January 30, 2018 no comments

I was in Toronto earlier this year, and I caught a cab to Union Station. I don’t live in a big city, and I have a car, so I don’t spend a lot of time in taxis. The driver seemed nice enough; he asked...

Nathan Phillips Square (post construction)

Why local politics matters

March 8, 2016 no comments

Very few people know who their local councilors are and fewer still take an active interest in local politics. Most Canadians tend to see municipal politics as a sort of administrative affair – fixin...

The ‘robot revolution’ and the future of our economy

March 1, 2016 1 comment

When we think of China’s economic growth over the last 30 to 40 years, the immediate image that comes to mind are millions of low-paid workers toiling away under terrible conditions to supply the ric...

Communist party meets to discuss opening of the “communist/capitalist” market / SCMP

China’s economic slowdown

January 19, 2016 no comments

After three decades of skyrocketing double digit economic growth, it seems that the Chinese economy may finally be slowing down. According to the Irish Times, “Gross domestic product growth fell to a...

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