Reading Time: 3 minutes Consumers are benefiting and traditional retailers scrambling as Walmart and Costco drive down prices and increase their market share
Month: July 2016
Flawed report on Metro Vancouver poverty unhelpful
Reading Time: 3 minutes Statistics Canada explicitly warns against using the Low Income Measure to measure poverty but a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives uses it anyway
Building Canadian oil and gas trust one tale at a time
Reading Time: 3 minutes Part 2 in a series detailing how the energy sector can rebuild its reputation, and its vibrancy, by connecting with Canadians
Reining in Iran: Middle East politics at a crossroads
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the arc of Iran’s influence grows, on the strength of new nuclear capacity, the whole dynamic in the region will change
The overwhelming power of the truth
Reading Time: 3 minutes History shows clearly again and again that blindly following messages of anger, fear and racism leads to disaster
Not all income and wealth inequality is equal
Reading Time: 3 minutes Inequality that results from entrepreneurship and innovation – as opposed to cronyism and corruption – provides enormous benefits to citizens
How well are your children really doing in school?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A full understanding of a child’s progress requires report cards that provide teacher’s comments as well as grades
Why are so many Canadians using food banks?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even where nutritious options are nearby, poverty prevents many Canadians from buying groceries or making better food choices
Will it take Trump to finally unite Canada?
Reading Time: 3 minutes An unintended consequence of Trump’s crusade against NAFTA could be a vital reawakening of Canadian economic nationalism
The single-serve economy’s vast potential
Reading Time: 3 minutes People living alone make up more than a quarter of Canadian homes and that has wide-ranging implications for the food and beverage industry