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View Article  The Robert L. Stanfield International Airport

So we have the The Lester B. Pearson International Airport, the Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, the John G. Diefenbaker Airport, the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport — all named after Prime Ministers or a Father of Confederation. Now we have the The Robert L. Stanfield Intertional Airport in Halifax named after ...   more »

View Article  Polls galore

A couple of new polls are out for everyone to chew over for those trying to figure out when the next federal  election campaign might happen.

Here’s the national picture from SES Research:

  • Conservative Party – 33%
  • Liberal – 33%
  • NDP – 17%
  • BQ – 10%
  • Green Party – ...   more »
View Article  Meanwhile: The Canadian economy ROCKS!

The employment numbers are out this morning and while the headline number is unsurprising — the unemployment rate in January edged up to 6.2% — economists are positively effusive about the details:

Here’s Dawn Desjardins, senior economist at RBC Economics:

Canada blows out the lights and creates 88,900 jobs in ...   more »

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