Higgly Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 (edited) Business News Network, the Canadian business channel has just released its quarterly poll of Canadian business execs, conducted by the Gandalf group. 50% of business executives say they have little or no confidence in Jim Flaherty as Finance Minister. You can play the news item here - http://www.bnn.ca/articles/rob.tv/433/C-Suite-Special.tv In spite of this, Flaherty says he is doing a good job and as proof, he is taking credit for the general uptrend in the economy. Others attribute this to greatly increased demand for Canadian resources and Buzz Hargrove was heard giving ol' Fibber Flaherty the big union raspberry for doing sweet nothing about problems in the Ontario economy. Flaherty has also been trying to take credit for the fact that the big banks all got together to do something about the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. No doubt this is a great source of amusement on Bay Street this week. Flaherty is busy handing out pictures of himself walking down a centre block stairway holding hands with Steve. <<I was told by moderator Charles Anthony to edit the subtitle which originally said "The old fibber is on the ropes" because he thinks it is name-calling. This does not mean that Jim Flaherty is an honest man.>> Edited September 18, 2007 by Higgly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennie Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Business News Network, the Canadian business channel has just released its quarterly poll of Canadian business execs, conducted by the Gandalf group. 50% of business executives say they have little or no confidence in Jim Flaherty as Finance Minister. You can play the news item here - http://www.bnn.ca/articles/rob.tv/433/C-Suite-Special.tvIn spite of this, Flaherty says he is doing a good job and as proof, he is taking credit for the general uptrend in the economy. Others attribute this to greatly increased demand for Canadian resources and Buzz Hargrove was heard giving ol' Fibber Flaherty the big union raspberry for doing sweet nothing about problems in the Ontario economy. Flaherty has also been trying to take credit for the fact that the big banks all got together to do something about the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. No doubt this is a great source of amusement on Bay Street this week. Flaherty is busy handing out pictures of himself walking down a centre block stairway holding hands with Steve. That is quite significant isn't it! It does not bode well for the Conservatives for an election this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fellowtraveller Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 It does not bode well for the Conservatives for an election this fall. Keep believing that. Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennie Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Keep believing that.Please. It makes absolutely no difference to me ... one neo-liberal, another neo-liberal or a third neo-liberal ... all the same no matter what colour their lawn signs are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topaz Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 IF Harper's gang doesn't do something about the manufacturing section it will affect everyone down the line. Exporters are feeling the high C$ and if the USA is going into a recession, what is Harper going to do about that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Doors Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 IF Harper's gang doesn't do something about the manufacturing section it will affect everyone down the line. Exporters are feeling the high C$ and if the USA is going into a recession, what is Harper going to do about that??? Why is it the governments responsibility to do anything about it? Time for the manufacturers to be more productive. sink or swim. Government should stay out of it other than to cut corporate taxes perhaps and take care of infrastructure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Dancer Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 It makes absolutely no difference to me ... one neo-liberal, another neo-liberal or a third neo-liberal ... all the same no matter what colour their lawn signs are. What on earth is a neo liberal? Is it like a neo conservative? A former conservative who now believes in liberal policy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennie Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 What on earth is a neo liberal? Is it like a neo conservative? A former conservative who now believes in liberal policy? According to those younger and in the know, the policy that the economy drives everything including social justice is a neo-liberal policy, a la Paul Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fellowtraveller Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 IF Harper's gang doesn't do something about the manufacturing section it will affect everyone down the line. Exporters are feeling the high C$ and if the USA is going into a recession, what is Harper going to do about that??? What would you expect Harper to do about the US economy? The 'manufacturing section' are the ones responsible for doing something about the 'manufacturing section'. They could start by making products that people want to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffrey Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 What on earth is a neo liberal? Is it like a neo conservative? A former conservative who now believes in liberal policy? Neoliberal is a common economic policy term. Good summary on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbg Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 IF Harper's gang doesn't do something about the manufacturing section it will affect everyone down the line. Exporters are feeling the high C$ and if the USA is going into a recession, what is Harper going to do about that???And what did Chretien and Martin do about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbg Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 What on earth is a neo liberal? Is it like a neo conservative? A former conservative who now believes in liberal policy?Not sure but term must sound good. Has that nice anti-(fill in the blank) ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdobbin Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 And what did Chretien and Martin do about it? They reduced spending and cut taxes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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