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News of globalization’s death vastly exaggerated
TheStar.com – Opinion – News of globalization’s death vastly exaggerated
Published On Sun Dec 06 2009. John Hancock, Robert Greenhill
What happened to the end of globalization? For months we’ve heard that the economic crisis would lead to a wave of protectionism, trade conflict and “de-globalization.” But far from unravelling, the world economy seems likely to emerge from the crisis more, not less, globalized.
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The playing field is still uneven [gender and employment]
TheGlobeandMail – Opinions/Web-exclusive commentary – The playing field is still uneven: Modern forms of discrimination continue to keep, push and pull women out of better jobs
Published on Wednesday, Dec. 02, 2009. Jennifer Berdahl
It is popular to assume that the workplace has become an even playing field. Stubborn trends of inequality – like a continued and widening gender pay gap and lower returns on education for women than for men – are explained away with “choices.” We are to believe that women “opt out” of equal work, pay and quality jobs.
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Bonus culture called destructive, beyond repair
TheStar.com – Business – Bonus culture called destructive, beyond repair: Henry Mintzberg of McGill University calls the executive pay system a form of legalized corruption that cannot be reformed
Published On Thu Dec 03 2009. By David Olive Business Columnist
I’ve long thought excessive CEO pay is the cancer eating away at sound corporate management. Excessive pay for top management distorts decision making. It encourages reckless and short-term behaviour that damages the enterprise and undermines the wider economy.
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Provincial partnership for prosperity
TheStar.com – Opinion/Comment – Provincial partnership for prosperity: Ontario-Quebec deal will lower barriers and speed creation of an innovation corridor
Published On Tue Dec 01 2009. Sandra Pupatello Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Trade
When I travel this province to talk about free trade with Quebec, the reaction often is, “Free trade? I thought we already had free trade with Quebec?”
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Tories concealing stimulus job numbers, Liberals charge
TheGlobeandMail.com – News/Politics – Tories concealing stimulus job numbers, Liberals charge: ‘They know. What they don’t want to do is tell,’ Gerard Kennedy says, pointing to Ottawa-Ontario agreement on infrastructure fund that requires municipalities to report job-creation numbers
Published on Tuesday, Dec. 01, 2009. Heather Scoffield, Ottawa — The Canadian Press
The Harper government is well aware of how many jobs are being created through its massive infrastructure stimulus spending but is embarrassed to publish the numbers, the Liberals are charging.
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Less than 1% of $1.9-billion social-housing fund spent so far
TheGlobeandMail.com – News/Poitics – Less than 1% of $1.9-billion social-housing fund spent so far: Hardest-hit Canadians still waiting for support
Published on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Bill Curry, Ottawa
Less than 1 per cent of a $1.9-billion federal fund for social housing has actually been spent – more than a year after it was announced by the Harper government in the midst of the 2008 election campaign.
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Big-spender Harper true to his neoconservative roots
TheStar.com – Opinion/Comment – Big-spender Harper true to his neoconservative roots: Running big deficits while squeezing revenue is a way of reaching goal of smaller government
Published On Mon Nov 30 2009. Eugene Lang, Philip DeMont
A new conventional wisdom has emerged. The Harper government has been labelled moderate, centrist – even “liberal.”
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