Month: December 2008

Canada economics financial crisis interflation The Corporation US economy
December 28, 2008

You Can’t Fight the Tsunami of Structural Change

Structural change is upon us.  Our leaders can’t fight it.  As they embarass themselves with bailout after bailout, they fail to stop and look at what’s happening around them. Structural change is an inherent decrease in demand for stuff we don’t want.  In fact, we don’t even think we need it any more, mainly because the tools of demand generation (mainstream publishers and marketing agencies) […]

Canada canadian election Politics
December 26, 2008

Canada’s Political (Colour) Spectrum

Is a Green just a yellow Blue? Is an Orange just a yellow Red? No. The Greens in Canada are substantially better than the Blues and the Reds can’t hold a candle to the Oranges. In 2009, Purple will be the colour of Parliament. With the help of Red, Blue become the furthest right on the spectrum (see below). The Reds under Ignatieff have merged […]

Canada canadian election
December 23, 2008

Assessing the Political (Colour) Spectrum of Canadian Politics

Is a Green just a yellow Blue? Is an Orange just a yellow Red? No.  The Greens in Canada are substantially better than the Blues and the Reds can’t hold a candle to the Oranges. In 2009, Purple will be the colour of Parliament. With the help of Red, Blue become the furthest right on the spectrum. The Reds under Ignatieff have merged with the […]

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December 22, 2008

Conservative TV: Canada’s Tory Voice (CTV)

Job creation by the Conservatives now total 39.  18 bloated Senate positions and 21 new seats for the province of Ontario, all in the hope that the people of Ontario will continue to be blind to the fact that Harper is blind to manufacturing in this country. And now that Mike Puffy has been assigned to a greater power , we certainly know the reason […]

Canada economics financial crisis
December 22, 2008

Stimulus for ALL Sectors

Hi everyone, I’ve copy/pasted below a letter from Tonya Surman and Peter Clutterbuck of the Ontario Non-Profit Network.  It’s imperative that we do everything we can to encourage Jim Flaherty and all of the other folks who will have an impact on the Jan 27 economic stimulus package to consider helping the non-profit, charity and co-op sectors. Here’s their letter: Please forward this email to […]