Canada is a mining nation. From the Rockies to the Canadian Shield, and from the Plains and to the North, the variety of geology that exists in the country is immense — and this has created a large and unique opportunity for groundbreaking mineral discoveries. As a result, Canada is one of […]
It has been said that the opportunity should not be missed to pay tribute to Christie Blatchford, who has described herself as a magnificent, unshakable, generous and unpretentious member. She distinguished the reports from the comments, never overwritten the stories, always saw and highlighted both humor and sadness and in […]
According to data published by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 62,136 job cuts announced by US-based employers. In 2019 they were due to bankruptcy. That represents 10.5% of the 592,556 job cuts announced last year. It should be noted that the total number of job cuts announced in 2019 was 10% […]
There is a special place in the underworld for those who promote anxiety, desperation, and terror in the most vulnerable. A place where the infernal warmth is particularly torrid. And one does not have to spend much time looking for candidates for this netherworld–the front page of the Seattle Times […]
Does a thinking person today have a chance of figuring out what to think about climate change? On the one hand, we are told there is a scientific consensus that humans are changing the climate. On the other hand, the most pessimistic future scenarios strain our credulity. The most extreme […]
China is the world’s top mining country, but lack of local reserves of main mineral commodities forces local companies to hunt for mining deals globally. Since nearly all essential production data has became available to the public, this is a good time to determine the biggest mining countries throughout the […]
Late last year we released a study showing how a province, specifically Alberta, could eliminate the provincial portion of the capital gains tax to lower the overall capital gains tax rate an entrepreneur, business owner or investor faces. The paper outlined the many benefits of a lower capital gains tax. […]
The Federal Reserve isn’t the only central bank cutting interest rates. In fact, the world is awash in easy money. The Fed met market expectations during the September FOMC meeting and lowered interest rates another 25 basis points. It was the second cut of the year and pushed the interest […]
Energy economics is known as a subclass of the economy that focuses on its relations with energy as the basis of all other relationships. It is also established as a subclass of the ecological economy insofar as it assumes that the food chain in ecology has a direct analogy to […]
Philip had just been passed over for a promotion to the CEO role. I had known him for three decades — right from my school days — and he was one of my best friends. He invited me — and few of his close professional friends for dinner. Anticipating frustration, anger and self-pity, I went prepared […]