One of the economics bloggers I’m following posted this little gem I would like to share with my readers today. He writes: “Inquiring minds are interested in a comparison between the state of California and Ontario, a province of Canada. "Firefiend" Writes: Hi Mish Love your blog. Read it on a daily basis. Heard on [...]
Today marks the seventh budget introduced by the Liberals since coming into office in 2003. The plan outlined in the 2010 Ontario budget is largely focused on job creation and growth, while placing a strong emphasis on controlling costs and returning to a balanced budget.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the term maverick has two definitions: 1 : an unbranded range animal; especially : a motherless calf 2 : an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party The term apparently harkens back to one Samuel A. Maverick, a Texas lawyer and politician who lived in [...]
Four o’clock today will indeed be the witching hour, when reporters, senior government officials, interest groups and associations, and the odd communications adviser or two, will emerge from a day-long “lock up” in Ottawa to release to Canadians details of the federal budget. I really liked the way my old Washington colleague John Ibbitson summed [...]
I’ve spent the last few days trying to find out where the Ontario Conservatives stand on pension reforms. I’m a bit surprised that I haven’t found much. Pensions have been getting a lot of attention of late – Canada’s Finance ministers met in December in Whitehorse to talk about how best to encourage Canadians to [...]
It’s difficult to decide whose face is less recognizable than the original, reality star Heidi Montag’s or the Ontario cabinet’s. As a Toronto Star editorial this week pointed out, just nine months ago Ontario’s inner sanctum at Queen’s Park featured the likes of Michael Bryant, David Caplan, George Smitherman, and Jim Watson. Of the new, [...]
