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How Apple Inc. saves $44-billion in taxes | jjuares said... I am reading a good book on the hijinks of the financial world. It is called "Thieves of Bay Street...

'Peg Property & Development Committee Approving another 'burn | The Analyst said... Oops. Should be 'burb. Freudian slips happen! in

Why did Judy Wasylycia-leis lose the mayoral race? | Aristotleded24 said... The web page does not work. in

NDP Socialist Caucus Presents Spring 2013 Edition of Turn Left/Virez a gauche | kropotkin1951 said... Nice painting of Queneesh in the K'ómoks First Nation's territory. Whose art work is that? in

Prositution chic.....well....why not? | Catchfire said... I realize that there is a lot of appetite to criticize Murphy's stance on sex work legalization...

Why can't you do your taxes quickly and for free? | Fidel said... Apparently UFile s/w is free for families whose incomes are $20,000 or less. NETFILE or print...

Unfit for work: the startling rise of disability in America | 6079_Smith_W said... Interesting; I like the doctor's rule of thumb, though I expect he might amend it for degrees that...

Budget 2013: Canadian International Development Agency to merge with Foreign Affairs Department | onlinediscountanvils said... Federal budget expected to fold CIDA into Foreign AffairsQuote:The independence of the Canadian...

American Democrats Will Know: Who The NDP Are & What Our History Is | knownothing said... Thanks for typing out Mulcair's speech. Do you have the rest of it? in

Martha Hall Findlay: Class denialist | Debater said... The consensus among Liberal Party members and journalists covering the debate today was that Martha...

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Budget 2012: The battle lines have been drawn for Canada's Indigenous peoples | Mar 30 2012 | Pamela Palmater | Pamela Palmater looks at the federal budget 2012 and discusses what was and was not in the budget for Indigenous Peoples.

Federal budget drags Canada into unnecessary austerity | Mar 30 2012 | David Macdonald | If you're wealthy and healthy, this budget's for you. For the rest of us, welcome to the 1930s -- with ever-lower taxes on the wealthy and corporations, and fewer supports for the middle class.

Conservatives' small-minded budget kills jobs and fails Canadians | Mar 30 2012 | Toby Sanger | Despite its size and the hundreds of measures it details, Harper's 2012 budget demonstrates just how small-minded their vision is.

Conservative budget levies frontal assault on environment, First Nations | Mar 30 2012 | Andy Crosby and Crystel Hajjar | Canadians opposed to the Harper government's austerity measures are rallying around the slogan Not Our Budget in response to the 2012 federal budget.

A budget that screws the planet for short-term profits | Mar 30 2012 | Marc Lee | This year's federal budget is less a budget than a framework economic document that includes the gutting of environmental assessment in the name of the economy.

Health care and the 2012 federal budget | Mar 29 2012 | Adrienne Silnicki | The budget gives the Harper government an opportunity to strengthen and expand health care in Canada -- but I'm feeling rather pessimistic that they'll take this opportunity.

Budget 2012 on energy and climate change | Mar 29 2012 | Andrea Harden-Donahue | On energy and climate change, I expect this budget to reflect the confrontational tone set by the Harper government.

Not Rex: Adios Aveos | Mar 29 2012 | Humberto DaSilva | Vulture Capital firm Ace Aviation Holdings is about to distribute $300 million to its shareholders. But employees of Aveos, a former Ace holding, were left holding the bag.

What to look for in the federal budget on key water issues | Mar 29 2012 | Emma Lui | The federal budget is expected to start a series of cuts to critical public services as well as public service jobs. Here's what to look for in some water-related areas.

Concerned Canadians disrupt budget speech | Mar 29 2012 | NotOurBudget.ca | Concerned people from various walks of life disrupted the Minister of Finance's reading of the Conservative budget today.

Ontario NDP must vote against McGuinty austerity budget | Mar 28 2012 | John Bonnar | Andrea Horwath can't support the provincial budget as is. Even if it means toppling the Liberals and sending voters back to the polls for an election they surely don't want.

Ontario's 2012 budget: Completing the job Mike Harris started | Mar 28 2012 | Hugh Mackenzie | The crowning irony of Premier Dalton McGuinty's ninth budget is that it completes the job of cutting government down to size started by the Mike Harris Conservatives in the 1990s.

The cheating rich | Mar 27 2012 | Gerry Caplan | The wealthy really are different from everyone else: They're more likely to cheat, lie, and break the law.

2012 Québec budget: Timidity and omissions | Mar 26 2012 | Simon Tremblay-Pepin | In the Quebec budget, the government is still insisting on transforming public service funding with the user-fee revolution logic, developing the Plan Nord, and reforming the pension plan.

The rise of the casino economy | Mar 26 2012 | Bruce Livesey | The rise of the casino industry is symbolic of the ruin of the North American economy. In the financial industry, gambling with our money on the capital markets was seen as a legitimate occupation.