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It’s Time To Act On Shadow Banking
Monday, October 8th, 2012
Sep. 14, 2012
Regulation of shadow banking should focus on the risks posed to the financial system as a whole, or systemic risks. In each major area of shadow banking in Canada, there is one key regulatory step that needs to be taken in Canada to reduce the extent of instability in the next financial cycle… the federal government can pass legislation where there is a national “need to prevent and respond to systemic risk” in the securities area.
Tags: economy, globalization, privatization, rights, standard of living
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BUSINESS INVESTMENT – WE’VE RAISED OUR GAME
Monday, October 8th, 2012
September 4, 2012
Historically, Canadian businesses tended to borrow funds to cover capital investments they couldn’t finance internally. Lately, however, businesses are emitting funds. Statistics Canada’s latest figures also show that over the year to mid-2012, they not only added about $12,000 of new capital per worker, they also released about $3,500 per worker in saving… Our workers are now getting more new plant and equipment than their counterparts abroad.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, standard of living, tax
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