This is getting buried in the news cycle. But it’s actually a pretty big deal, and a sign that Quebec’s economy is in its best shape since before the ’95 referendum: U.S. bond rating agency...
https://www.segacs.com/2017/quebec-economy-in-pretty-good-shape.html
Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitao announced Quebec’s budget update today, setting off what is sure to be a continuing series of protests against the cuts, austerity measures and fee increas...
https://www.segacs.com/2014/quebec-budget-update-more-balanced-than-i-expected.html
That’s the theory behind this site: We are the 1 percent. It contains manifestos of a bunch of people who claim to be part of the American super-rich, but who feel that it’s unfair that they ...
https://www.segacs.com/2011/im-too-rich-tax-me-more-please.html
As the eyes of the world have been on our American neighbours and their efforts to make a deal childish grandstanding and petty squabbling to avert a default on the national debt, it’s understa...
https://www.segacs.com/2011/by-the-numbers-canadas-debt-load.html
A new BMO report suggests that on average, Canadians pay about 20% more for the same goods and services as our American neighbours do — even though the loonie is above par: BMO’s survey compa...
https://www.segacs.com/2011/musings-on-the-us-canada-price-gap.html
High-ho, high-ho, it’s election time again in Canada. And it sure does feel an awful lot like 2008: 4 out of 5 of the party leaders are unchanged. Only Iggy is new this time around, though his ...
A coworker, on hearing the recommendation of the Senate Finance Committee to finally, finally get rid of the penny: “We have a Senate that actually does something?” The post Best quote ev...
Cheque’s in the mail? Not after 2018 in the UK, it seems: Cheques will disappear within eight years after the Payments Council decided today to abolish the 350-year-old payment method by Octobe...
Friday, the loonie closed at a 12-year high of over 81 cents. Might be a good time for a cross-border shopping trip… The post Loonie hits 81 cents first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .
The Jerusalem Post has an interesting interview with Benjamin Netanyahu, currently Israel’s Finance Minister, about his plan to reverse the disastrous trends in the Israeli economy. Israel with...
Something strange happened today: the price of a litre of gas dropped below the value of the Canadian dollar. For the first time in I can’t remember how long, the Canadian dollar rose above the...