Cars and electric fairyland: Not much jolt from the Volt
Peter Foster however has his brain well plugged in. A Financial Post “Comment”: The Voltswagen — The people’s car the people pay for … Ontario taxpayers should be grateful that the Chevy Volt is not...
View ArticleToronto Too Crowded? Uh, Yeah.
Kevin Frayer/Canadian Press Toronto Mayoral hopeful Rob Ford is in a world of trouble for suggesting that the multicultural oasis of Canada is too, well, full. Speaking to media, the politician said...
View ArticleFord just keeps on truckin’
What’s a tree hugger (or Dalton McGuinty, or President Obama) to think? Ford’s Profit Climbs 70% Ford Motor Co. continued its remarkable turnaround, reporting a 70% jump in third-quarter profit on...
View ArticleElectric Fairyland, Part 2: Too much green (at least in US) to drive green
This has been blazingly obvious to anyone who thinks about it–I guess that excludes governments fanatic about CO2 emissions reductions. Good on Greg Keenan of the Globe and Mail (pity story is just in...
View ArticleNot quite so Government Motors/Fiysler fizzling?
1) GM: Still a long way to go to get our money back: The federal and Ontario governments have decided to take the “prudent” approach to General Motors Co.’s initial public offering rather than follow...
View ArticleDetroit just keeps on truckin’
Further to the end of 2) here, an op-ed piece in the NY Times rams home a truth our governments would rather not know: A Green Detroit? No, a Guzzling One WHEN President Obama announced in March 2009...
View ArticleRob Ford Was Not Assaulted
I’ve read a lot of silly, childish nonsense in politics over the years, but the Rob Ford case certainly comes close to taking the cake. It’s hard to ignore the silliness even from the other side of the...
View ArticlePat Effing Martin Doesn’t Like This Jackboot Crap
©JAKE WRIGHT/HILL TIMES PHOTO By now everybody has either heard about Pat Martin’s twitter tirade, or else doesn’t care and has moved on. I was almost in the latter camp, but I decided as a member of...
View ArticleRob Ford and the media game
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford faces media in Toronto in December. Photo: The Canadian Press/Chris Young A few people have asked me for my opinion on the Rob Ford story from the perspective of a working...
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