Whitehorse Daily Star

Opinions Archive

March 13, 2008

March 12, 2008

  • Late payment penalties should apply to all It's great news for local taxpayers that the Kwanlin Dun First Nation has finally paid the $892,000 it owed the City of Whitehorse for infrastructure work performed on first nation-owned land on the waterfront.

March 11, 2008

  • Economic forecasts may miss the mark If you wish to rely on economic predictions, particularly longer-term ones, you will discover that they are not much help. A review of forecasts reveals that, not only do they frequently miss the mark, but they do so by a wide margin.

March 7, 2008

  • What is the Yukon Party trying to keep secret? If the Yukon Party cabinet has the utmost confidence in its Department of Finance decision-makers, why is it keeping their work methodologies secret from these people's ultimate bosses - the taxpayers of this territory?

March 6, 2008

  • Reality is emerging in consumer markets One of the most surprising by-products of the current speculative era has been the demand for luxuries accompanied by a widespread interest in ostentatious displays.

March 5, 2008

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