Auto analyst Dennis Desrosiers says, "the average weeks of before-tax family income needed to purchase a new vehicle in Canada dropped to 18.9 weeks ... the lowest level since 1991. So relative to before-tax income Canadians paid almost the same for a new vehicle in 2007 as they did in 1991. "   more »

As we approach Budget Week — the first key confidence motion checkpoint — it’s interesting and not a bit confusing to see some well-respected polling firms getting different responses from voters. In all cases, the Conservatives are leading or tied for the lead but in no case are they at majority territory. The Libs are doing very poorly according to one poll but doing as well as the Conservatives in two others.    more »

Bob Metcalfe says the lessons of the Internet's construction hold some promise for the great challenge at the beginning of the beginning of this century: clean and cheap energy. "I'm interested in silver bullets. I think they exists. So I'm hoping to find some in the energy space."

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