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Quebec will soon sign an agreement with France that provides labor mobility to their citizens. This will set a tone for the upcoming Canada-EU free trade negotiation, and if succeed, will provide citizens of the two jurisdictions free labor mobility. This is both exciting and visionary. As I study the more on the topic of [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
Canada-EU Free-Trade Talk
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) good or bad?
http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/498030
Today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to open up for more foreign investment if Conservatives wins the upcoming election. Certainly, both trade proponents and opponents immediately jump on to comment. Stephen Harper believes that more FDI will benefit Canada and create more jobs. Opponents, on the other hand, condemn such move is “selling off” Canada.
One [...]
Gas price still hiking when oil price is dropping
Article: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/12/gas-prices.html
Over the past few weeks, the crude oil price has dropped significantly. However, the gasoline price of shot up 13 cents per litre last Friday when hurricane Ike was hitting Texas. That is even more expensive than the summer when oil price was at record high close to $150 USD per barrel.
I don’t know [...]
Can’t let NDP tackle the economy
Article from Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/496573
When it comes to economy, the Conservative gets it, the NDP doesn’t! Buddhist has a saying that the only constant in this univese is change. We are living in the 21st century and our economy is constantly changing. It used to be cheaper to produce cars in Canada and that is [...]
Wasting votes
On my way home from work this afternoon, I heard a listener calling the radio station in regard to the upcoming Canadian Federal Election saying that they will cast “punishment vote”. And if the frequency of this kind of opinion is any indication of the true election outcome, that means Canadians would rather cast a [...]