Category: Free Enterprise
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Missteps At Retailer Target
The business model is fairly simple. Buy in bulk, leverage up with volume, and provide pricing at a discount to the market. When Target came to Canada, I was aghast at what they were asking of me at the checkout. They wanted more than what I was willing to provide for the transaction and I…
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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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Flames Arena Deal Iced
Once again your tax dollars have been wasted. This time on a fantasy gone wrong. The Saddledome is a relatively new building built for the 1988 Olympics but for many it was already outdated because it wasn’t good enough for particular musical acts and there wasn’t enough luxury revenue generating suites for the liking Flames…
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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…
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Crossroads For Tech Behemoths
Are Facebook, Google, and Twitter here to stay? Dumb question? Is there a barrier to entry for new players? What happened to MySpace? USA Today reports that Florida Governor DeSantis will be drafting new legislation to impose significant fines for “deplatforming” ( never used to be a word right?) users without cause. You bet –…