Economic decisions are too important to be left to economists. That’s the big lesson I’m taking away the GDP Project as I clean out my desk and prepare to move on.
It’s been a year to remember – documenting the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes as it plays out in communities across Canada. Before I [...]
August 30th 2010 No Comments
Parting shots
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April 6th 2010 No Comments
The GDP Editorial: The price of freelance
The fine April weather announces the return of spring, but for the growing number of self-employed Canadians it also means the headache of tax season. Check out the most recent episode of By-line: Charmaine or the photo-essay 100 Jobs to see what I mean.
Recent figures from Statistics Canada, released last Monday, show a marked increase [...]
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March 9th 2010 No Comments
IIème partie : Roger Martin sur la dimension canadienne de la crise
Roger Martin est doyen de la Rotman School of Management de l’UniversitĂ© de Toronto. Auparavant, il a Ă©tĂ© l’un des directeurs de la sociĂ©tĂ© d’experts-conseils en stratĂ©gie mondiale Monitor Company et le fondateur du bureau canadien de cette sociĂ©tĂ©. Il a Ă©crit sur la rĂ©flexion intĂ©grale, la conception opĂ©rationnelle et la conscience sociale des entreprises.
Les [...]
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February 12th 2010 No Comments
Part I: Roger Martin on the Canadian dimension of the crisis
Roger Martin is dean of the Rotman School of Management in Toronto. Previously he was a director with the global strategy consulting firm Monitor Company, and founded its Canadian office. He has written on integrative thinking, business design and corporate citizenship.
“By burning vast amounts of hydrocarbons or pouring poisonous stuff into rivers, we may get [...]
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January 29th 2010 No Comments
Still blaming the victims
“Almost nothing is more enduring than suspicion of the poor as causing their own predicament. It always reaches its zenith when times are bad. No matter how well-known the economic causes of a recession, there is always an impulse to blame the victim.”
So says John Stapleton, a former senior official with the Ontario government, in [...]
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January 27th 2010 No Comments
L’Ă©dito PIB : La place du migrant
Zoran compte parmi les milliers d’employeurs canadiens qui s’appuient sur la force motrice de travailleurs temporaires pour faire fonctionner son entreprise.
Sans argent à investir dans l’économie canadienne et sans formation spécifique, Edgar ne rencontre pas les critères requis pour faire une demande d’immigration au Canada à partir des Philippines. Comme 90 000 travailleurs étrangers qui [...]
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October 19th 2009 No Comments
César enrhumé sur fond gris?
Jay et Gino, restaurateurs sur l’une des principales artères de Windsor, ainsi que Christian, artiste windsorois assistent ce matin Ă une autre nouvelle bien triste dans leur ville du sud de l’Ontario.
120 personnes perdent leur emploi au casino Caesar’s de Windsor. Une suppression dite immĂ©diate. Plus de 3% de la main d’Ĺ“uvre sabrĂ©e. Si 3% [...]
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August 18th 2009 No Comments
Financial literacy – The Guardian Weekly looks at Montreal
There is a brilliant interview in today’s Guardian Weekly (UK) about a Montreal man whom they call ‘money man’. His name is Brian Smith, and he runs financial literacy workshops for disadvantaged youths and single mothers in Montreal. As the Guardian Weekly’s journalist Nachammai Raman reports, “he defines financial literacy broadly as knowledge about how [...]
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July 27th 2009 1 Comment
La tyrannie du PIB
Depuis 5 semaines, Philippe Santerre nous a prĂŞtĂ© main forte Ă la recherche.  À la lecture du texte qui suit, il semble bien que son passage au sein de notre Ă©quipe l’ait inspirĂ©. Merci pour ta trop brève et combien prĂ©cieuse collaboration Philippe!
Mark Carney, gouverneur de la Banque du Canada, a annoncé cette semaine la [...]
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July 7th 2009 No Comments
Photo-reporters recherchés // Seeking photo reporters
L’Ă©quipe de PIB est prĂ©sentement Ă la recherche de photo-reporters expĂ©rimentĂ©s et rĂ©sidants Ă l’extĂ©rieur de la grande rĂ©gion de MontrĂ©al. QuĂ©bec, GaspĂ©, CĂ´te-Nord, etc… Envoyez votre CV et portfolio Ă n.cloutier@onf.caÂ
The GDP project team is currently seeking experienced photo reporters across Canada. Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, etc… Please submit your resume and portfolio at n.cloutier@onf.caÂ
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