Andrea Mandel-Campbell is a conservative. In 2011, she ran for the Ontario Progressive Conservative’s and lost. While, I don’t agree with Andrea Mandel-Campbell’s politics, she wrote a very good book years ago called “Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson: Rescuing Canadian Business from the Suds of Global Obscurity”. It is a book I recommend to anyone […]
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“Adhere to your purpose, and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.” Abraham Lincoln When the Liberal Leadership contest began, I honestly thought that I would […]
“Progressive Conservative MPP Michael Harris (Kitchener—Conestoga) wants to eliminate two programs run by government-mandated organizations that oversee the recycling of hazardous materials and electronic waste. Industries pay estimated recycling fees to Stewardship Ontario, which handles hazardous waste, and Ontario Electronic Stewardship, which is responsible for electronic waste. ‘There is no reason why producers of hazardous […]
“Games organizers have been scrambling for days to sort out a security mess caused when British security firm G4S Plc said it could provide only about 7,000 of the 10,400 guards it was supposed to train. The government has called in the military to make up the difference. ‘Yes this has been an issue,’ Rogge […]
Over the last couple of weeks, I have tried to flush out what it means to be a Liberal. Often, I have talked about the strength of our institutions or underlying policy ideas and policy tools. Without doubt, my most practical policy idea has been use of a simple tool: Understanding how we should protect […]
“Stephen Harper’s response to the Obama administration’s punting of the Keystone XL pipeline decision was decisive. The Prime Minister made exporting to Asia and China a ‘national priority’ and is looking for foreign capital to support the oil sands. Every economic nationalist on the right and the left should be applauding. American rejection has driven […]
“Viterra could have been the foundation of a Canadian Glencore or Cargill. Now it’s a piece of someone else’s global vision.” Eric Reguly, Viterra another example of Canadian short-sightedness, Globe and Mail.com, Friday, Mar. 23, 2012 I must admit small “c” Conservatives and Market Proponents drive me up the wall. Their inconsistency on the issue […]
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