Canadian Politics
Air Canada CEO caves to the mob
Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau is retiring after years of pressure over not speaking French. A week after a fatal crash at LaGuardia, no one is talking about…
Canadian Business
10 posts in Canadian Business from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Canadian Business
Marc Kielburger quits Freshii Board of Directors
WE Charity co-founder Marc Kielburger has resigned from the Freshii board of directors according to a press release put out by the company yesterday. Freshii…
Canadian Business
The Canadian Wheat Board is officially dead
The Winnipeg Free Press: The Supreme Court of Canada today denied Canadian Wheat Board backers the chance to appeal a court decision which let the federal…
Canadian Business
CNOOC bid presents imperfect conservative decision-making
Some political issues are black and white, many others aren’t so perfectly distinguishable. The Conservative Party in Canada has had a long history of its…
Canadian Business
Canadian spectrum announcement
The Harper government has just released word that it is making significant policy changes to ownership of the Canadian spectrum with respect to wireless…
Canadian Business
Quebec unions at work
You may have come here by googling “why are unions bad?” If a private company was contracted for snow removal, they certainly wouldn’t be wasting labour costs…
Canadian Business
Lemon, lime and whine
In America, they sue when they aren’t warned that the McDonald’s coffee is hot. In Canada, they sue when they can’t get their Pepsi in French: When Michel…
Canadian Business
Potash decision expected today
Industry Minister Tony Clement will make a decision on the government’s power to block the sale of Potash Corp by Australia-based BHP Billiton later today when…
Canadian Business
Conrad Black gets new trial
The US Supreme Court just sent Conrad Black’s case back to a lower court to be reheard to determine if part of his conviction should be overturned. The court…