Nanaimo’s Marijuana Trade Diversifies Echronomy

For better or worse, Canada has all its eggs in one oily basket. These days, that’s not going so well. Forecasts suggest that oil jobs are drying up faster than your girlfriend when you fart. Folks, it’s ugly o...

Poloz’s Shocker: Bank of Canada Cuts Interest Rate

The Canadian economy looked strong until last Wednesday, when the Bank of Canada slashed, gashed, trashed, cut, and gut its overnight lending rate. It was the sort of bold move that would lead Fat Bastard to in...

The Bumbling and Baffled Budget

With oil prices dropping, many Canadians around the country are wondering how the Conservatives will keep to their $1.6 billion surplus promise; others are slouched on their couches, drinking beers, and watchin...

The Deficit That Won’t Die

Failure was never an option when it came to the budget. If the government couldn’t balance it before the election in 2015, then they couldn’t justify handing out goodies to make everyone forget their actions (o...

Harper “Clearly Not” Going to Regulate Oil and Gas

If a man is as good as his word, Stephen Harper is a bad man. This Tuesday, he announced that his government will not regulate the oil and gas sector. In doing so, he broke a promise that he has made several ti...