Friday, April 21, 2006

Canada February Inflation Rate Slows

Written by TheTorontoTory
What is the Worry?
This article is trying to strike terror into the hearts of Canadians by how inflation is slowing down and how the economic apocalypse is going to strike down on Canada. Even the title seems evident of this. If you read the article closer, there is more then meets the eye. The second sentence, which most people do not read in news articles, state that the price has fluctuated due to petroleum prices, a volatile good that is not used to measure the base inflation amount. This is even revealed in the article by Doug Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns, if you ever read it that far. It is also stated that "core inflation came in exactly as expected at 1.7 percent".
....(Continued on Time for the Right)

Friday, April 14, 2006

Islamic Supporter Leading Group in Foreign Affairs Canada?

Written by Brian Lemon
The following is terrifying for me as a Christian, Israel loving, Canadian:

Memo from David Mulroney, Assistant Deputy Minister, Bilateral Relations (RGM)- April 7, 2006

"Subsequent to a decision by Policy Committee and in response to a SCFAIT report, FAC created the Muslim Communities Working Group in summer 2005.
The FMCG mandate continues to be to: serve as a clearing house and focal point within the Department for issues concerning relations with the Muslim world; build the Department's policy capacity on this subject; and take the lead in providing timely, strategic advice on relations with the Muslim world, and the lead in creating a policy framework for our overall approach to this subject."
....(Continued on Canadian Blue Lemons)