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The Conservative government has spent $65 million dollars so far this year on advertising - That is 5 months worth since our fiscal year starts in May I recall - They spent $63 million in all of last year. This represents a doubling of advertising There are other things highlighted in the...

I was looking at my electricity bill and noticed a charge called Provincial benefit. This use to be a few dollars a month charge but now it is around $30 month. I went to the Independant Electricity Operator site www.ieso.ca for more info. It seems that this charge is the difference between...

Well the Feds bought 95 acres for the new crossing - Seems the plans call for 135 acres - They are negotiating for the balance required - Seems they never heard of the word expropriation - :(

Whether the ice caps melt (The Arctic will be first) or not we will be experiencing some climatic changes that if Canada plays it's cards right we can become an economic leader. Our success will play havoc on the value of our dollar against the world's currencies but it can be compensated by...

It will be interesting to see how water will play out in the next decade. Under current NAFTA rules - once bulk shipments of water are started to the USA we can not stop it. We can not charge more for it than in our own country. Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians is on the warpath to...

Interesting that PM Harper - the anti-carbon tax - we do not have a problem leader of our country would be spending so much of our tax dollars and then some on the Arctic passageway - Meanwhile he sits on his hands about a 3rd crossing at the busiest border crossing in our nation (Windsor...

The problem with most of these wind projects - solar projects is that they are unreliable as to when they produce power - Our power grids in North America are basically one way sytems and not built for power from multiple access points to be put back in to them. Utilizing the solar/wind energy...

Seems those compact Flourescent light bulbs are not net energy savers in our cold climate - Apparently the heat that is emitted from their low tech incadescent cousins was not figured in to the energy savings formula - Ok in the summer but not so good in the colder 9 months of the year. Not to...

Very Interesting

Our current Employment Insurance system is broken - Although it has a huge surplus - this surplus goes in to general government revenues and the surpluses of the last few years have been part and parcel of the low unemployment rates. First - we must set a standard for the time between a...