Whitehorse Daily Star

April 30, 2015

• We need fresh thinking from the bank towers Certainly, it appears presumptuous for an ordinary economist such as this columnist to criticize central banks’ actions or forecasts.
• Displacement activity seems to have no boundaries ( Comment ) “What’s emerging is what we need, which is a comprehensive plan, going after the criminal gangs, going after the traffickers, going after the owners of the boats...and stabilizing the countries from which these people are coming.”
• Liberals, NDP would reverse all these gains ( Comment ) I would like to correct some inaccuracies in the op-ed by MP Yvonne Jones that was recently published in Monday’s Whitehorse Daily Star.

April 29, 2015

• Growth has stalled under the Yukon Party I am calling on the Yukon Party to take responsibility for Yukon’s continuing economic decline.
• Here’s my position on the Whistle Bend sportsplex ( Comment ) Here’s my position on the Whistle Bend sportsplex ( Comment )

April 27, 2015

• We cannot trust Harper to serve northerners’ needs ( Comment ) In the lead-up to the federal budget, Canadians across the North provided feedback on their priorities to the Conservative government.

April 24, 2015

• Reflections on the anniversaries of historic battles ( Comment ) Ed. note: Yukon Senator Dan Lang made this statement Tuesday in the Red Chamber.
• The tourism industry matters in the Yukon ( Comment ) Along with industry partners and representatives from around the territory and beyond,
• Oil and gas politics are running the two governments ( Comment ) It should come as no surprise that Premier Darrell Pasloski told the premiers’ gathering in Quebec City that he would be against a carbon tax in the Yukon.

April 23, 2015

• Budget to take a decade to deliver some vows On Tuesday, Finance Minister Joe Oliver finally presented the chess master’s (Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s) budget.
• Half a Titanic vanished beneath the waves ( Comment ) The first thing to do,
• Outrageous ‘widening gap’ must be addressed A major negative factor in our financial system is the growing economic inequality.
• YP on continuing care: confusion, contradictions I am calling on the Yukon Party government to reveal the cost of its 300-bed seniors’ facility.

April 20, 2015

• When all the fiscal rhetoric makes no sense ( Uffish Thoughts ) So the territorial budget came out April 2 and the headlines were universally predictable.
• Here’s what we’re paying our political representatives ( Comment ) Ever wonder what our elected MP’s and appointed senator’s salaries are?