Canada-US Price Gap.. Tax Cheat Snitch Line.. Do Budget Numbers Add Up?

March 22, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Bean-Counting In The Dark Stay the course, snoozer, unsurprising: Canadians hoping for more support or even excitement in Thursday's federal budget found many words to describe the government's 2013 fiscal plan. What they didn't find were convincing details behind its hallmark initiatives. Continue reading... Budget Likely To Widen Canada-U.S. Price Gap Launch Day In America Flaherty Sets Up Tax-Cheat Snitch Line TD Suffers Online Attack LOOK: What You Need To Know About The Budget Lululemon CEO: 'Put The Pants On And Bend Over' Do Tory Budget Numbers Add Up? Experts Not So Sure Lululemon CEO: 'Put The Pants On And Bend Over' Canada's Richest Cities And Towns TD Suffers Online Attack WATCH: Beer Ad Featuring 'Cool Canadians' Goes Viral MICHEL KELLY-GAGNON On the Mortgage Debate, Mulcair KO'd Flaherty The federal minister of Finances, Mr. Jim Flaherty, made public comments and exerted pressures for Manulife Bank to withdraw its offer for a five-year-fixed mortgage rate of 2.89 per cent. NPD leader Thomas Mulcair accused Mr. Flaherty of using his position of power inappropriately. I couldn't have said it better myself. Continue reading... STEPHEN HERRINGTON A Rudderless One World Economy In our new borderless world economy, multinational corporations are overseeing the destruction of the global wage base. Multinationals think that's a good thing. It is a good thing for them individually in the short term. In the long term, collectively, it's a terminal illness. Continue reading... RANDALL CRAIG How Many Social Media Sites Will Survive? As we all know, the social web is here to stay. But is this sustainable? Has the equation changed? Evidence suggests that it has. By some reports, there are some 500+ social media sites that exist. A number of them -- maybe a majority, will go down for the count. Continue reading... MAUDE BARLOW Why Transatlantic Free Trade Is a Mistake for Canada President Obama announced in February that he will start talks with the EU on a transatlantic trade, investment, and regulatory pact. The Mexican government is allegedly seeking a spot in the transatlantic talks with speculation Canada may join. But for all three NAFTA countries the pact would be a mistake, as Canadians are learning too late. Continue reading... PAUL BARTER How Paying for Internet at Home Helps You Save Money Simply by reading this, there could be a cheque with your name on it in the amount of $8,870 or more -- this year, next year and every year thereafter. Where do these huge savings come from? From simple, common sense things like price matching online, buying online, digital coupons, or finding cheap or free ways to solve problems. The average Internet connected family frees up thousands of dollars without giving up anything at all. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.