The provincial minister of finance met all day in Ottawa in preparation for a meeting this hour with federal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale. The provincial ministers say they'll tell Goodale that economic growth should be the top priority for Goodale's upcoming federal budget. Many economists have argued that the best ...   more »

You remember the CIBC fax fiasco? That was the one where one of Canada’s biggest banks sent hundreds of faxes containing confidential customer data to a West Virginia scrapyard operator over a three-year period even though the West Virginian begged the bank to stop.

Today, the Globe’s Sinclair Stewart ...   more »

I moved to Ottawa yesterday (Sunday), too late to attend the annual general meeting of National Capital Region Elite Blog Mafia. I think I’m supposed to be busy today making lots of phone calls to politicians, checking out what’s sure to be fireworks at the Gomery Inquiry, or even ...   more »

I start reporting on Canadian federal politics Monday. The reporters in the Parliamentary bureau at CTV National News have to cover all aspects of politics and the government but each has some specific beat responsibilities. Mine include the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) and the Supreme Court. For ...   more »

A few years ago, a Nanaimo, B.C. man decided to masturbate in his living room with the curtains open. Some neighbours observed his act and called police. He was arrested and charged with performing an indecent act in public. He was convicted and spent four months in jail. But while ...   more »

This post has two purposes. First, it s a test to see how posts with BlogJet get rendered once BlogWare publishes them. (If you re confused at this point, move right along. You re not missing much by...   more »

Manulife CEO Dominic D'Allesandro (left) is the most respected chief executive officer by his peers, says a new poll by Ipsos-Reid, and that's probably about right. D'Allesandro engineered the takeover of John Hancock Financial Services and has steadily and without much flash and dash made his business into a ...   more »

I have a new job, which I'll be starting in a week. An edited version of a note I circulated to some sources earlier this week announcing this change is copied below. The new job likely means some changes here at the blog, too. It will take a few days ...   more »

[From today's Globe and Mail] Mosaid Technologies Inc., fresh from a patent fight victory with one of the titans in its industry, is taking on another giant, and investors must decide again whether to wager their money on a potentially lucrative -- but always uncertain -- legal settlement.
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The Internet Advertising Bureau of Canada announced the adoption today of new standards for online ads. Taking its cue from the American industry's move to standardize ad sizes, the IAB put out what it calls the Canadian Universal Ad Package or CUAP.
The push to standardize on some ad ...   more »