Wednesday-Night

See  Canada economy 2009
Kelly McParland: Latest studies show Canada is one awful country (Don’t be too alarmed, this is somewhat tongue-in-cheek)
Boy, do we stink. A nation of dirty-lunged, out-of-work, spendaholic chronic invalids, with a lousy banking system. How did this happen? I wonder if it’s too late to emigrate to North Korea?
1 July
Liberal-Era Diplomatic […]

See Canada-U.S. post 2008 elections ; The best countries for business, 2009
(RCI) The Alberta government ran a budget deficit of $852 million in the fiscal year that ended in March, the energy-rich province’s first deficit in 15 years. The government had predicted a surplus of $8.5 billion. That prediction was wrecked by plummeting […]

Helen Fotopulos will run in the Côte-des-Neiges district for team Tremblay-Applebaum
And sister Natasha, her Campaign Manager, writes:
If you’re available on Monday evening [June 29] we’d love to see you at the Nominating Convention to cheer [Helen] the Candidate.
Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Nominating Convention 7pm,
Loisirs Sportifs Côte-des-Neiges, 4880 Van Horne Avenue
25 May
Felix von Geyer will be teaching a […]

Le Salon du mercredi soir #1425 , mercredi le 24 juin 2009  - la Fête nationale
Yes, we DO recognize that this Wednesday is what we prefer to call “La St-Jean”, which simply bolsters the prevailing wisdom that important events happen on Wednesday.
Given the occasion, we think it only appropriate to look […]

NAFTA
Background: Mapping the New North American Reality
Stephen Blank, Stephanie R. Golob, Guy Stanley - Co-Chairs, Study Group
The papers in this series were written by participants in a project sponsored by the PanAmerican Partnership for Business Education, an alliance of four North American business schools. In cooperation with HEC-Montreal and the IRPP, the Partnership hosted […]

A video montage of many of Julius Grey’s most publicized cases served to remind all of his commitment to the rule of law and his fight for reasonable laws governing civil rights and humanitarian issues. Although the freedom of expression, freedom of association along with freedom not to associate cases have been widely publicized, it […]

With the advent of the winter solstice and all the accompanying festivities to accommodate and reconcile us to one another, we are happy to join in the de rigueur frenzy of well-wishing.
We genuinely love this time of year, although 20cm of snow in the flash of an eye was a bit […]

We welcome two new faces this week, guest experts, who bring knowledge of at least three extremely pertinent topics to the table.
Danny van Gelder will introduce his cousin, Mark Kruger, an economist by training, who serves as Minister Counselor/Head of Section (Economics and Finance) of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing and key link between the […]

Guy Stanley was recently named to the post of Director, Technology and Innovation, at the Conference Board of Canada. He also teaches the NAFTA course and Global Competitiveness at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He is the author or co-author of five business books, three major federal government reports, and many articles in […]

3 October 2007
We will continue our high-tech education this week in the company of Guy Stanley OWN, newly-appointed Director of the Technology and Innovation unit of the Canada Conference Board. Last week’s introduction to the work of the NRC through the eyes of new Council member, Margaret Lefebvre OWN, was not only enlightening, but […]