Category: Economics
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Canadian Productivity In The News
A Scotiabank economist today reflected on comments from a Bank of Canada official (Carolyn Rogers) that Canadian productivity has reached an “emergency level”. I am not surprised by what see on the street and within my accounting practice. The radical characterization is placed in the context of large age gains with thirty per cent of…
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Calgary Affordable Housing Forum
Over the past two days, the City of Calgary has hosted a civic forum inviting residents to chime in on the housing affordability crisis. I took a Friday afternoon off and spent three hours listening to presenters. I did so not having read a 30 point recommended blueprint drafted by “experts” which will be before…
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Danielle Smith As Premier of Alberta
When I first heard Danielle Smith speak back in the days of the Wildrose Party….I was impressed. She has the capacity to think and she has admitted to mistakes. Her biggest blunder of course was crossing the floor to the conservatives prior to the formulation of the “UCP”. In a word, she “blew up” and…
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Never Subscribed To Spotify
It’s quite the conundrum for musicians spawned by the era of virtual streaming and Napster’s historic foot hold. As of yet, I’ve never subscribed to Spotify. My reading of Johnny Cash’s autobiography has been inspired by the “Life In Music” series of Canadian bluegrass / folk guitarist J.P. Cormier. It’s been interesting to learn of…
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Calgary’s Plus 15 System Nowadays
It was quite the walk through today making my comparative to the2004 pulse as an example when I’d regularly spend time in the Calgary Plus 15 system for lunches and walks in the winter time while working downtown. For those not local, the “Plus 15” system encompasses passage ways connecting buildings in the downtown core…