Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
18 October 2011
Business
The Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development has published its list
of countries that help people evade taxes
British Petroleum’s Corporate Nightmare
The oil well catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico
is only the latest in the long series
of controversies involving the company
Canada’s International Trade Flows
As one of the world’s greatest trading nations, Canada depends heavily on one customer
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Canadian Telecom Giant Nortel Collapses
Once a world leader in telecommunications technology,
a storied Canadian company has disappeared,
piece by piece, into the hands of foreign companies
Capitalism According to Milton Friedman
The American economist Milton Friedman, who championed unrestricted free enterprise,
has taken a lot of blame for advocating
the conditions that caused the Great Recession
Corn Feeds the Profits of Agribusiness
Corporate agriculture has increased crop yields and dramatically lowered the price of food. It has also radically changed the way we feed ourselves
Some corporate executives are unable to experience remorse or empathy and can’t understand public anger over their compensation and behaviour
The Decline and Fall of General Motors
Once the world’s largest company,
GM has shrunk to a shadow
Drug Disaster Leads to Regulation
In 1937, S. E. Massengill Co., a small
pharmaceutical manufacturer,
began to sell a product it called Elixir Sulfanilamide
Doha Round of Trade Negotiations
The World Trade Organization has been trying for almost a decade to get agreement
on a new, wide-
The people of Iceland have learned some economic lessons the hard way thanks to inexperienced bankers
North American Free Trade Agreement
The trade agreement that most affects Canada is NAFTA, which ties the United States,
Mexico, and Canada together in a rules-
Oil doesn’t just move the world’s economic
machinery it also lubricates the globe’s politics
Poor Health Can be Caused by Bad Bosses
Thoughtless and incompetent managers
can turn workplaces stressful and this has
a negative impact on the health of employees
Rules Govern Trade among Nations
Trade among nations is governed
under a complex set of rules and pacts
The Secretive Bilderberg Council
If someone wanted to create and organization
to feed the imagination of conspiracy
theorists they would create The Bilderberg Council
Stock Market Swindles still Work
Bernie Madoff is just the latest in a long line
of fraudsters who copy the tactics of Charles Ponzi
Tobacco Company Concealed Health Hazards of Smoking
Researchers have uncovered documents that show Imperial Tobacco Canada knew about the health hazards of smoking while denying there was any harm
Wall Street Occupations Go Global
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to
the streets worldwide to protest against the
behaviour of financial institutions and the
governments they say enabled their activity
Weakened Banking Rules Led to 2008 Financial Crisis
Irresponsible lending and a failure of
watchdogs are behind the Great Recession