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Proposed beer tax hike brews trouble for barley and brewing industry
Posted on February 29, 2024As one of the earliest, widely grown grains in Canada, barley shares a long and trusted history with the brewing industry that it supplies. Renowned… Read More »
Why Canada’s energy sector is key to boosting productivity
Posted on February 26, 2024Canada’s productivity performance is dismal, with no improvement over the last nearly 10 years. Economists calculate productivity by dividing output value by the hours worked… Read More »
Government policies favour urban ignorance over the realities farmers face
Posted on February 15, 2024In Europe, there has been growing unrest for some time now, and with farmers’ protests reaching Paris, the media is beginning to pay closer attention… Read More »
Without advertising newspapers can’t do their jobs
Posted on February 8, 2024Every day, we at The Westwind Weekly News and other newspapers get press releases about upcoming events. And of course we are often asked to… Read More »
Cracking the case of the secret chicken price hike
Posted on February 1, 2024No one begrudges farmers a fair living. However, chicken farmers need to be up-front as to why they need a price increase. We deeply value… Read More »
Believe it or not, there is good news about rising interest rates
Posted on January 25, 2024The era of continuously declining interest rates, which lasted for 40 years, has come to an end. Businesses and governments now face a new period… Read More »
CEO pay in Canada continues to soar unrestrained
Posted on January 18, 2024As Canadians struggle with a cost-of-living crisis, Canada’s top CEOs are making more than ever before. The 100 highest-paid CEOs broke every compensation record on… Read More »
The alarming reality of Trudeau’s immigration policy
Posted on January 11, 2024Statistics Canada reported record population growth of 1,050,000 in 2022, with 96 percent coming from international migration. Permanent residents accounted for 437,000 of those immigrants,… Read More »
Canada’s Premiers have failed the basic needs test
Posted on January 4, 2024In days of old, kings and queens were often judged by some pretty basic criteria: Did the people have enough to eat? Did they have… Read More »
Rent inflation starting to moderate, but at a very slow pace
Posted on December 24, 2023The latest National Rent Report by Rentals.ca and Urbanation reveals that asking rents for all types of residential properties in Canada remained near record highs… Read More »