A study by June O’Neill and Dave M. O’Neill (link) suggests that the U.S health care system provides more choice, efficiency, better delivery and capacity than the Canadian system:
“Does Canada’s publicly funded, single payer health care system deliver better health outcomes and distribute health resources more equitably than the multi-payer heavily private U.S. system? We [...]

On 22 October 2009 Reuters reported that Korea National Energy Corporation will purchase Harvest for C$1.8B or C$10 per unit.  On 12 December 2008 I wrote, “For these reasons Harvest appears to be fairly cheap and a good opportunity.”  This article will examine the anatomy of the trade and opportunities for redeployment of capital.
PEAK OIL
One [...]

In the past week it has been reported that the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) has “lost gold”. The reports contain statements that to the lay reader may seem unremarkable, but which to me give an indication of what is really going on.
It is also a story of particular interest to me not just because I [...]

The trade relationship between the U.S. and Canada is globally unique and intensively intertwined. As the United States’ most significant trading partner, 80% of all Canada’s exports are shipped south (and 21.4% of America’s travel north). In 2007, more goods passed back and forth across just one U.S.-Canadian border crossing—the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and [...]

Several questions during the last few days pointed out the obvious: lost in the media coverage of the American financial crisis and the tail end of the presidential election seems to be the fact that there really is news beyond Wall Street and Main Street.
I could not agree more.
For example, how much attention has been [...]