Want to know why Canada's currency is sky-high despite our sluggish recovery, our large and persistent current account deficit, and our lousy export performance?

Check out this fascinating story in Friday's National Post, by Yadullah Hussain, on why Canada's oil reserves are such a uniquely hot commodity in the eyes of global oil corporations.

When Vancouver-based Adbusters magazine launched what has become Occupy Wall Street, the idea was that big money needed to be taken out of U.S. politics. The suggested focus was for the creation of a presidential commission to investigate corporate funding of politics, and find alternatives ways to finance election candidates.