WINNIPEG, MB, January 28, 2008/ Troy Media/ — A major new study released today ranks Thunder Bay, ON, Saguenay, QC, Saint John, NB and St. John’s, NL, as among the most affordable housing markets in the world.
WINNIPEG, MB, Jan. 26, 2008/ — Raising minimum wages and increasing government subsidies are two approaches often suggested to help the working poor. But there is a far simpler way to put more money into their pockets: stop forcing the lowest income workers to pay income tax.
CALGARY, AB, Jan. 16/ Troy Media/ — Calgary-based startups looking to compete and thrive in the high-tech sector are increasingly turning to networking to realize their dreams.
CALGARY, AB, Jan. 18, 2008/ — The bright minds in Calgary’s growing tech sector are generating innovative ideas. But many of those breakthroughs will miss their full commercial potential unless those young entrepreneurs get some solid advice on business development from seasoned veterans.
CALGARY, AB, Jan. 15, 2009/ — A cloud of controversy now envelops Atomic Energy of Canada, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and the Ministry of Natural Resources as a result of the medical isotope crisis and the subsequent firing of the head of the Commission.
Published in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, the Hamilton Spectator, January 24, and the Calgary Herald, January 27, 2008 By Dr. Jason Bristow Senior Policy Analyst Canada West Foundation Hillary Clinton’s tears, Mike Huckabee’s proposed 23% national sales tax, Rudy Giuliani’s self-imposed invisibility – these surface appearances divert media coverage from a better understanding of the deeply [...]
CALGARY, AB, Jan. 15, 2008/ — Last week, Parliament resumed and the nation got back to business. If last October’s Speech from the Throne is any indication, there will be more than a few issues dominating Ottawa’s agenda – the Afghan mission, a new crime bill, climate change, proposals to beef up Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic, and new limits on the federal spending power. But as the nation’s leaders grope their way through this maze, they should not lose sight of Canada’s big cities and the larger urban agenda.
CALGARY, January 28, 2008/Troy Media Corporation/ –Canada’s demographic future rests in its large city regions, according to a new report from the Canada West Foundation. And no other region of the country has experienced the effects of rapid urbanization more than western Canada, where the demographic landscape has been dramatically and permanently altered. Big Cities [...]
REGINA, SK, Jan. 15, 2008/ — Some city planners say extending the boundaries of sprawling cities is like loosening your belt a notch to deal with obesity. It is a cute saying, but the release of the fourth edition of an international housing affordability survey reinforces the growing view that it also tells us a lot about whether we will be able to afford a house. Canada has the most affordable housing in the English-speaking world, but there is no room for complacency.
WINNIPEG, Jan. 15, 2008 /Troy Media/ — Raising basic personal exemptions to remove people from the bottom of the tax rolls is better than raising the minimum wage at fighting poverty, according to a new report from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, released today.