Wednesday-Night

Healthcare reform in the United States
Under the current system, Americans have achieved rather extensive health care coverage for a high percentage of its citizens, but at excessive cost and with a significant portion of the population receiving inadequate treatment or monitoring. President Obama’s challenge will be to overcome the sanctity of the free enterprise […]

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 […]

Update on Hungary
Although the member nations of the European Union have benefited enormously from the elimination of physical and trade barriers and the establishment of a strong common currency, the rejection of a proposed constitution has led some local politicians to make extravagant promises that they are no more able to fulfil than were their […]

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AECL ; Douglas Lightfoot’s letter of June 7 to Minister Lisa Raitt on Wednesday-Night.com Nuclear Page
Eric McConachie began his aviation career by joining his older brother, Grant, with CP Air. In 1958, McConachie left the company to join Canadair Ltd. During his nine years at Canadair, he was directly involved […]

The Fondation universitaire Pierre Arbour  funds students in three disciplines that contribute to Quebec’s economic growth: business administration (M.B.A.), engineering and computer science.  Beneficiaries are exceptional students, residents of Québec, attending one of the four Montreal universities at the Master’s and PhD levels, who are in financial need, have high academic records (minimum 75% average), […]

The Arctic’s oil reserves mapped
(BBC) An estimated 30% of the world’s undiscovered gas and 13% of its undiscovered oil may be in the Arctic, according to a map published on Friday. According to the new map, the majority of oil is likely to be found underwater, on continental shelves. Surrounding nations, including Russia, United States, […]

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 […]

Kimon Valaskakis’ efforts towards the reality of global government are moving forward, not only with progress in establishing the New School of Athens, but reaction to the current financial crisis in which inadequate banking and investment regulation has had a world wide domino-like effect, and is coming from both the political and investor camps. Their […]

T H E   R E P O R T (photos and videos)

It was an evening rich in market and economic matters, enlivened by assorted luminaries including several members of the McGill Pension Board who arrived from a dinner honoring Tony Deutsch, who has stepped down as head of the PAC.
The markets
We must recognize that […]

T H E  R E P O R T
The market and the economy

The TSX has broken through the ten thousand barrier first achieved in 2000 and there is some anticipation of an early end to the current painful financial situation.  The market, in fact, anticipates an impressive stimulus from financial support provided […]