The Quest For a New Car

This year, I am one of the few who will be getting a new car. My Dodge Caliber SE (automatic (AT) ) lease is up and I will be getting a new car in the next 30 days. Considering the economic situation, should I buy or should I lease again? For some brands, I’m only [...]

Is it Time for Both US & Canadian Goverments to Pull the Plug on GM?

With a loss of almost 10 billion dollars last quarter and a total lost over more than 30 billion dollars in 2008, GM is now requesting for almost 30 billion dollars in bail out – 2 billion needed immediately to maintain cashflow – is it time for both governments to say ”No, that’s enough” and [...]

Harper’s 48 000 000$ Cultural Cut: Why I Support It!

About two months ago, Stephen Harper announced a cut of 48 million dollars in Canada’s Cultural budget. This means that it would now be harder for artists of all forms to get funding in order to do what they do and expose their art in the country around the world.
With no surprise, all the culture [...]

Canada’s Economy: “Everything is fine…well perhaps not!” Part III

In the last two editorials, I wrote about the smoke screen that both government and some financial analysts are trying to pass over of what is happening at Canada’s economy. I covered the real employment status: people’s buying power and the rising costs of food which, between the second editorial and this one, has literally now [...]