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December 19, 2012 Subscribe · Forward Why Are Prices Higher In Canada Than In The U.S.? It's the holiday season, that magical time of year when Canadians come together to ask: Why are we still paying more for everything than Americans? Continue reading... Bleakest Day Yet In Fiscal Cliff Talks The End Of 'Gotcha' Airline Ticket Pricing Canadian Housing Markets Where You Do NOT Want To Buy Mark Carney: Liberal Leadership Controversy, Bank Of England Plans Put A Dent In Knight's Shining Armour Canadian Home Sales Down Nearly 12 Per Cent From Year Earlier: CREA Young Entrepreneurs And Trades In Canada: Generation Y Not All About University Education J. DAVID ELLIS Watching Voltage and TekSavvy Duke it Out in Federal Court One of the most striking things about this case concerns the complaints I've seen online about TekSavvy's role. Probably the busiest place for this conversation is the forum on dslreports.com, which attracts a lot of hardcore geeks. Continue reading... SYED HUSSAN The Great Tory Rip-Off of Migrant Workers Just last week, Federal Human Resources Minister Diane Finley took away special E.I. benefits from migrant workers through a quiet Thursday afternoon regulatory change. She did this assuming that most people wouldn't notice. Just in 2008, migrant workers and their employers paid an estimated 300-million dollars in to E.I. but were only able to access some paternal, maternal and compassionate benefits. Now even that has been made off-limits. Continue reading... DIANE FRANCIS The Nexen Deal Is Only the Beginning After the Nexen deal was approved, Prime Minister Stephen Harper framed this as the "end of a trend" not the "beginning" of a buyout frenzy by more sovereign-owned enterprises (SOEs). But this is not the end. This is the beginning of the beginning. Phone calls are already being made to launch new buyouts by foreigners here. Continue reading... GREGORY THOMAS What Ottawa Isn't Saying About Canada's Deficit Why has Canada's federal debt jumped over 30 per cent since 2008, to over $600 billion? Why did the government miss its deficit target by $1.4 billion last year, and what is pushing this year's deficit forecast higher by more than $5 billion to $26 billion? Figures released by the PBO show that, contrary to all the talk we've been hearing about cutbacks, Ottawa's payroll is getting out of control. Continue reading... KEN GEORGETTI We Must Improve the Canada Pension Plan Given 25 years of stagnant wages for middle-income earners and real wage decreases for lower-income earners, it's not surprising how difficult it is for people to save. Canadians have a low, and declining rate of saving, with some people using their Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) as unemployment insurance programs. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.