Part 1 of a Two Part Series on Bank of Canada Governor - Carney’s Regulatory Agenda and Performance
CEOs and Business Leaders Embrace Mark Carney’s International Regulatory Agenda and Score Highly His Performance as Bank of Canada Governor
Part 1 of Two Part Series on Energy: Ethical Oil
Top Reasons to Back Oil Sands: North American Security, Oil Sands’ Environmental Progress, Saudi Lawfare against “Ethical Oil” Ad Campaign, and Saudi Funding of Extremist Schools, Not Saudi Mistreatment of Women
Part 2 of Two-Part Series on Energy
Support for New Nuclear, Strong Support for New Natural Gas, Divided Opinion about Solar
Part 2: COMPAS Business Panel on Job Strategy for Canada
Canadian Economy Requires Stable Leadership and Low Corporate Taxes, Not Significant Obama-Style Spending Low Corporate Taxes, Stable Leadership, and Quality Labour Force Key to Canada’s Future
Part 1: Obama’s $ 450 Million Job Strategy and Keynes
Business Panelists Divided about Why Stock Market Plunged after Obamas $ 450 Million Job Plan Announced; Emerging Belief that Keynesianism Can’t Work Because Spending Plans Arouse Fear of Future Taxes and Inflation
Part 2 of 2-Part Series on North America, the Fiscal Crunch, and Taxing the Wealthy The U.S. and the Left-Right Fight over Taxing the Rich
The U.S. War over Taxing the Wealthy—Business Panel Sides with Both Left and Right Business Panel Sides with Liberals in Favouring Higher Taxes on High Income Earners, While Also Siding with Conservatives in Favouring Removal of Loopholes and Lowering Tax Rates
Part 1 of 2-Part Series on North America, the Fiscal Crunch, and Taxing the Wealthy Canada, Ontario, and What Needs to Be Done
Canada’s Miracle, Ontario’s Quandary Harper, Chretien, OSFI, and the Banks All Get Credit for the Canadian Miracle
Ontario Cant Raise Taxes and Needs to Worry; Quebec-Style Private Medicine Part of the Solution
Part 2 of Two Part Series on U.S. Economy - Barriers to Recovery
Business Panelists Think about Economic Management Like Keynesians While Praising Harper and Condemning Obama
Part 1 of Two Part Series on U.S. Economy - the S & P Downgrade
S & P Downgrade of U.S. Debt - Business Panels Says Well Founded Because of Delay in Raising Debt Ceiling and Probability of Increased Spending; Downgrade Damaged U.S. Economic Situation But Second Downgrade Unlikely
Part 2 of Two Part Series on Social Media - External Use by Organizations
Social Media - Huge, Essential Role in Protecting Organizations’ External Images
Part 1 of Two Part Series on Social Media - Internal Organizational Use
Social Media - Important Even for Internal Communications But Organizations Are More Apt to Use their Own Systems Rather than Private Versions of Public Applications
Part II of a Two Part Series on Economic Futures
Canada’s Future Some Concern That Canada Will Become Less Attractive as Global Investors Discover Depth of Provincial Indebtedness Main Solutions—More Usage Fees for All Government Services and Increased Permissions for Private Medicine
Part I of Two Part Series on Economic Futures The United States - Low U.S. Investment in U.S. Economy What’s the Main Cause - Obama - Congressional Impasse Who’s Mainly at Fault - Previous High Spending Congresses
Greek Disease, Part 2 of Two Parts (Part 2 Focuses on Greece in Detail; Part 1 Compared U.S. and China)
Greece Now Likely to Leave Euro; Bailouts Had No Prospect of Success—Goodwill Gestures; Turmoil in Streets and Excessive Spending the Main Barriers to Recovery
Greek Disease, Part 1 of Two Parts (Part 2 to Focus on Greece in Detail)
China/US/UK Halfway between Canada and Greece on the Road to Catching the Greek Disease; US Illness Caused by Unsustainable Spending; China Illness Caused by Graft, Corporate Fraud, and Bubble
Challenges of an Aging Workforce: Technical Employees the Most Serious Dilemma; In-house Training and Targeted Post-Secondary and Apprenticeship Programs the Main Solutions; Special Roles for Business and Government
Investment Advice and Forecasting according to CEOs - Canada’s Economy May Be Bottoming Out; Now May Be Best Time to Invest; Increased Confidence in Brazil as Place to Invest
Harper-Flaherty Budget Earns Very High Marks from CEOs and Business Leaders Top Marks for Customs Tariff Simplifications, Ethics Monitoring of Charities, and New RESP Flexibility Panel Favours Even Lower Debt-to-GDP Ratio
Choosing a Successor to IMF’s Strauss-Kahn Financial and Sexual Propriety the Key, Not Nationality No Long-term Effect of Scandal on IMF Reputation
Tweet and Blog on Italian Cooking - A Blanket Warning against Employees Going Public on Any Topic with a Hint of Controversy
CEOs on Sale of TSX Icon: Division of Opinion—Edge to Maple Leaf Group vs. LSE
Harper Program – Part II (Economy) CEOs and Business Leaders Embrace Almost All Conservatives’ Programs for the Economy, Especially on Canada-U.S. Border Issues, But Are Divided on Loans to New Canadians for Skills Development
Harper Program – Part I (Crime, Parliament, Family Tax Cuts) CEOs and Business Leaders Embrace Conservatives’ Crime, Tax, and Parliamentary Reform Programs But Are Divided on Health Transfers to Provinces
Inflation
Wild Card—Possibly the Most Bizarre, Unstable, Upside-Down Election since Confederation Volatile NDP Support Could Rise to 36% or Fall to 20% in Next 36 Hours Depending on Voters’ Mood and the NDP Machine; Conservatives Could Actually Benefit from an NDP Faltering; Liberals Have Still More to Fear from the NDP; Faltering Bloc’s Main Hope Is Regaining NDP Voters
BMO’s Sherry Cooper Applauded by Business Panel - S&P Downgrade of U.S. Debt Seen as Highly Significant Washington Has 16 Months to Solve Its Problem
First of Two Reports Large Conservative Majority Harper’s Leadership Advantage Corners Campaign Momentum New Layton Charisma in Quebec
Second of Two Reports CBC’s “Vote Compass” Election Tool and Controversies The CBC Election Tool Transforms a Slight Conservative Lead among Website Visitors to an Overwhelming Liberal Majority Most Canadians and Most Visitors to the CBC “Vote Compass” Site Wrongly Believe that COMPAS Research Is Involved Because of the Similarity of Names and Graphic Marks
Healthcare - The C.D. Howe Report on Rising Healthcare Costs and the Growing Majority Support for Medical Freedom among Members of the CEO Panel
Federal Election and Canadian Business: Harper Trounces All Other Party Leaders; Economy and Spending/Taxation Top Issue; Trust - May Places 2nd, Ignatieff 4th
Serious Confusion between COMPAS Research and CBC’s COMPASS Election Tool
Flaherty Aces Budget: CEO Panelists Embrace Tariff Simplification, Monitoring of Charities’ Tax Receipting, Debt-to-GDP Ratio, Removal of Medical Expense Ceiling, GIS Increases to Seniors
Business Panel Backs John Manley’s Open Letter to Ontario Minister of Finance: Near Consensus That Provincial Debtor Governments Are in Serious Situations; Interest Rates and Soaring Health Costs - Major Risks
MidEast Instability and Canadian Business: Oil Sands to Benefit and Canadian Economy Strong; Oil Prices to Remain High; Obama and Harper Both Earn Adequate Performance Scores
CRTC Repudiated by Business Panel over Wind Mobile/Cellular, Internet Usage, and Charles McVety Program Decisions
Ottawa’s Mortgage Reforms Embraced by CEOs and Business Leaders Almost No Risk of Causing a Real Estate Reversal Strong Support for Potential Increase to 10% Downpayment Requirement Panelists Polarized about Whether Government Should Consider the Special Housing Challenges of Young Adults
OSFI Scores with New “Living Will” for the Banks: The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Earns Top Marks for Plans to Allow Banks in a Meltdown to Function without Bailouts But Lower Marks for Getting the Banks to Be More Transparent
Condemnation of China’s Domestic, Foreign, and Currency Policies: CEO Panel Very Critical of China But Divided about U.S. House of Representatives Proposal for Tariffs in response to China’s Manipulated Currency
Inflation Predictions - Mostly Moderate Inflation Forecasts for 2011-2013 Despite Cross-National Easing of the Money Supply
2011 Economic Forecast - Moderately Positive. 23 Months to Recovery High Scores for Bank of Canada and Harper Low Scores for Obama, U.S. Fed, and Congress
