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Tuesday September 18, 2018

September 18, 2018 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday September 18, 2018

Trudeau’s to-do list just got bigger

If stalled pipelines and deadlocked trade talks have given Justin Trudeau a pounding head, he should brace himself — and Canada — for an absolute economic migraine.

March 24, 2016

Two sobering new reports warn that, unless Canadian governments take fast, aggressive action, this country’s economy will be hammered by a one-two combination of recently lowered American taxes and a sharp decline in business investment.

This is bad news for Canadians and comes at a sensitive time for our economy, as well as the prime minister.

Parliament resumes sitting this week and with the next federal election barely a year away the Liberals are working overtime to persuade everyone these are sunny days, economically speaking.

August 28, 2018

But the free-trade deal with the United States and Mexico, which has sustained millions of Canadian jobs and enriched the Canadian economy for decades, could collapse at any moment.

Meanwhile, Ottawa’s plan to expand the Trans Mountain Pipeline — which it bought for $4.5 billion in taxpayers’ money — is going nowhere.

Now more storm clouds darken our horizon. A new report commissioned by the Business Council of Canada concludes the latest tax cuts in the United States could devastate Canada’s economy.

How bad could it get? The report suggests the damage could exceed the economic harm that would be caused by the end of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

May 18, 2018

years, businesses in Canada benefited from a corporate-tax advantage. That suddenly ended last December when the U.S. Congress passed tax reforms that slashed the federal corporate tax rate to 21 per cent from 35 per cent.

The report warns America’s tax cuts could cost Canada up to 635,000 jobs and reduce its annual gross domestic product by $85 billion — the equivalent of nearly five per cent of our economy. As governments could lose up to $20 billion a year in tax revenues, almost everyone in Canada would suffer.

The challenge to our economy from these tax cuts becomes even more serious when placed in the context of a growing reluctance to invest in Canada. A report released last week by the C.D. Howe Institute called weak capital spending a “threat to Canada’s future prosperity.”

October 19, 2017

Echoing the think-tank’s fears, the chief executive officer of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Victor Dodig, last week cited falling levels of foreign investment in Canada as he called on the country to set clearer rules to boost investor confidence.

Evidence from Statistics Canada gives credence to these concerns. In 2017, foreign direct investment in Canada declined for the third year in a row, dropping by a whopping 26 per cent.

It would be a mistake to consider any of these economic challenges in isolation. The failure to build a pipeline to carry Alberta’s oil to an ocean port where it can be sold for a higher price is surely convincing foreign investors to avoid Canada the way they would a patch of poison ivy.

September 21, 2016

Likewise, lowered American tax rates make that country a more desirable place to invest — once again to Canada’s disadvantage.

So far, Trudeau’s Liberals have dithered in their response to the U.S. tax cuts and investor flight. That vacillation must end.

In his economic update this fall, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau should offer concrete ways to improve this country’s ability to compete and make it more attractive for investment.

That may or may not bring corporate tax cuts and changes to regulations. It must translate into meaningful action. (Source: Hamilton Spectator Editorial) 

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: Canada, clouds, foreign, investment, Justin Trudeau, NAFTA, Ottawa, Parliament, pipeline, rain, storm

Saturday May 6, 2017

May 8, 2017 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Saturday May 6, 2017

Shoreline and flood worries as wind and rain hit Hamilton and region

A flood watch was in effect for Hamilton as the city and much of southern Ontario brace for several more days of rain.

The Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) says this forecasted rainfall may result in further increases in water levels and flows in area watercourses, with the potential for significant flooding.

There is further concern about the potential impacts of northerly winds on the shores of Lake Ontario. Those  winds may increase the risk of shoreline flooding and erosion, with Lake Ontario levels already high.

The latest rainfall — from Thursday through to Saturday — comes on top of records numbers for the year so far.

“This has been a record rainy first 125 days of a year, never has there been so much rain in that period in the Hamilton area,” said Dave Phillips, Environment Canada.

Phillips says Hamilton has received about 87 per cent more rain than the city would normally get so far this year.

The potential rainfall may also result in local drainage issues in low-lying or poorly drained areas, and storm sewer systems may become overwhelmed in intense rainfalls over short durations. (CBC News)

 

Posted in: Hamilton Tagged: ban, basement, drought, flood, flooding, rain, restrictions, water, weather

Thursday May 4, 2017

May 3, 2017 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday May 4, 2017

More rain coming, flooding possible: Environment Canada

Environment Canada says there’s more rain on the way this week and with the ground already wet there could be flooding.

The weather agency issued, on Wednesday morning, a special weather statement for Hamilton and much of Southern Ontario.

It says that with wet weather set to return later in the week and with the ground already saturated, there may be flooding.

Environment Canada says “rain will spread back into Southern Ontario from the southwest Thursday reaching Eastern Ontario by Friday morning.”

The agency expects total rainfall amounts may approach 50 mm in some areas by the weekend.

This comes after an April 20 rainstorm flooded parts of Hamilton — especially Dundas. The city declared it a disaster to unlock thousands in potential compassionate grants for homeowners who suffered water damage. (Source: CBC News) 

This comes a week after Hamilton Council almost rejected sending an environmental Assessment on the proposed LRT to Queen’s Park. Councillor Terry Whitehead decided not to vote against the assessment after the Province endorsed extending the line to Eastgate mall. Waterdown councillor Judi Partridge was opposed along with 4 other councillors

 

Posted in: Hamilton Tagged: flood, Hamilton, Jolley Cut, Judy Partridge, LRT, noah's ark, rain, Terry Whitehead, Transit, weather

Tuesday April 21, 2015

April 20, 2015 by Graeme MacKay

Tuesday April 21, 2015Editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday April 21, 2015

Federal budget expected to highlight transit funding

Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s pre-election juggling act takes centre stage on Tuesday with a budget highlighted by billions of dollars in new spending and tax breaks for families, business and public transit in Toronto and other big cities.

Despite its being squeezed financially, Oliver is expected to commit Ottawa to new spending on transit in the country’s largest metropolitan areas. The promise, which will probably see the federal government gradually earmark up to an extra $1 billion a year for infrastructure, is seen as popular among key voting groups around Toronto and Vancouver with elections six months away.

Oliver has been under pressure to ante up more federal cash to address the deterioration in the country’s vital infrastructure and spur improvements in roads, bridges and transit. Mayors, some premiers and federal opposition parties have complained that current federal outlays for infrastructure are inadequate.

For Toronto alone, Mayor John Tory (open John Tory’s policard) has been pressing his Conservative allies in Ottawa to come through with $2.7 billion over eight years to pay a third of the cost of his SmartTrack rail project. For the country as a whole, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities has been urging Ottawa to add an extra $1 billion annually to its support for public transit to ease commuter woes and spark economic expansion.

The budget, Oliver’s first, will also feature measures meant to shore up the sputtering economy by helping manufacturers. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has already announced a hiring incentive for small businesses. (Continued: Toronto Star)

Posted in: Canada Tagged: April, Budget, Canada, Economy, election, good, news, promises, rain, showers, zero growth

Tuesday October 30, 2012

October 30, 2012 by Graeme MacKay

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator, Tuesday October 30, 2012

The Devastating Hurricane Sandy

Noah mistaken as trick-or-treater during hurricane Sandy

Considering some of the contrasting factors of the Hurricane Sandy, it has been named as Frankenstorm. This storm features horrible magnitude and this is something that has stimulated its rage. It is expected to affect as many as 60 million people from North Carolina to New England this time. As noted by scientists, there seems to be an adverse, timely twist in the entire situation.

The full moon seems to aggravate the Halloween superstorm. After watching the pictures of New York City area, where flooding has already unwrap the disaster, one thing is confirmed that the upcoming situation will be terrible than the worse.

It has been anticipated that tonight in the form of a Category 1 hurricane, Sandy would make landfall on the New Jersey coast with winds as fast as 75 miles (120 kilometers) an hour.

Due to a harsh flow of the storm, Hurricane Sandy will bring the most devastating effects. A heap of water would pile up and with the force of storm’s winds; it will be pushed ahead.

As reported by Keith Blackwell, a meteorologist at the University of South Alabama’s Coastal Weather Research Center, “I think it will be catastrophic, to tell the truth. I’ve never seen anything like it that far north that takes such a hard westward turn into a major metropolitan area”. (Source: French Tribune) 

 

Posted in: International, USA Tagged: ark, Climate, Halloween, Hurricane, noah, precipitation, rain, Sandy, treat, trick, weather
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