Friday July 25, 2008
Latest Columns 
We already pay a vast carbon tax
Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 12:00 AM Page A13
Question: When is a carbon tax not a carbon tax?Answer: When it's collected by corporations (instead of governments) and the revenues go to investors (instead of services and infrastructure).
We already pay a vast carbon tax
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Online Edition: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 10:30 PM
‘We're forking over vast sums not because it's economically necessary or efficient, but because those collecting the money have power.'
Canada's productivity numbers reveal a real structural weakness
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Online Edition: Monday, June 16, 2008 07:45 PM
Jim Stanford argues: There's mounting evidence that our economy is stuck in deep mud.
Walking the resource tightrope
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Online Edition: Thursday, May 29, 2008 05:58 AM
There's often a gap between the ups and downs of the market and the real-world economy the rest of us inhabit, but this is ridiculous.
Walking the resource tightrope
Published: Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:00 AM Page A17
Canada's real GDP has grown precisely zero per cent over the past six months. So far this year, unemployment has risen every month.We're shouldering our first national balance-of-payments deficit in a decade. And you have to sell the family silverware these days to pay for a tank of gas.
The market's melting ... look busy!
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Online Edition: Monday, April 21, 2008 07:47 AM
Jim Flaherty blames brokers and regulators and moves up a meeting with bankers. Not a moment to waste
The market's melting ... look busy!
Published: Monday, April 21, 2008 12:00 AM Page A15
When disaster strikes, political leaders know they must be seen to act - even if they have no idea what to do. They can hardly stand there, hands in their pockets, and shrug. They must at least pretend they know what they're doing.
It's time to cast a penny-pinching gaze at the private sector
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Online Edition: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 07:26 AM
It's time to cast a gaze in this direction
It's time to cast a penny-pinching gaze at the private sector
Published: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 12:00 AM Page A17
I recently served on a special panel reviewing the City of Toronto's financial problems. We were seeking a more stable long-run match between the city's revenues and expenses. Our final report, released six weeks ago, provided a reasonably balanced grab bag of ideas: some operational efficiencies here, some new taxes there. Above all, a clarion call to adequately fund our cities, so they can fulfill their crucial economic and social role.
It's time to pull the 'for sale' sign off our door
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Online Edition: Monday, March 3, 2008 08:05 AM
Canada is selling itself off faster than any other industrial economy.
