My wife and I have an annual

My wife and I have an annual pension income, our sole income, of something over $24,000/yr.

We're doing OK, because we've worked for self efficiency all our lives and achieved it to a great degree.

Lawyers are not doing too badly either.

Ed Deak,

CIBC World Markets, Allan Wallace and BC Rail Deal

Allan Wallace strikes again with the HST has he is the man behind the tax. The very same man who influences Carol Taylor to get rid of all those nasty taxes banks have to pay as Barbie is rewarded with a job at the Bank with plans of taking Campbell's job when he tanks.
Could the man have know the deal British Columbians were going to make was a very bad deal. What is the cost of transporting oil by train as plans of shipping tar sands to China has be in the making for some time as a couple extra billion always makes the deal going down a litle sweeter?
http://www.ordons.com/opinion/op-ed-contributors/6555-perspectives-for-the-baltic-region-transporting-oil--a-growing-opportunity.html

They say there is one born every minuite

And Wallace and the crew where counting on a whole province being suckers you just gotta know they knew what was being sold right under from British Columbinas feet a real money maker for a mere song and a dance.

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/431588

Its a Bull Market Alright, Gotcha By The Balls

"In a world of triple-digit oil prices, distance costs money. And while trade liberalization and technology may have flattened the world, rising transportation prices will once again make it rounder."

On the other hand, high energy prices will have a minimum impact on Canadian exports, Tal added, since the vast majority are bound for the nearby U.S. market, and many are in commodities, for which markets have few alternative sources

Kenning was a managing partner

at Brookfield Asset Management until 2005. Jack Mintz (who infamously wrote the study about the HST in Ontario that the provincial government relied on) is currently a director at Brookfield.

Brookfield has the largest number of shares in Western Forest Products.

Kind of incestuous.

What are trains good for?

http://www.joc.com/government-regulation/joc-video-dot-secretary-ray-lahood-trucks-railroads-and-freight-policy
To bad BC didn't have its own train as CP rail is looking to be the biggest game in town as freight is the future not the past.
CP rail is looking at a billion in extra revenue not to shabby for a industry that is on track.

CN profits up 20%

For the biggest rail in Canada and CP rail is doing catch up with a little help from former CN money maker himself.

"New Lawlessness" Theory

Great coverage Mr.Tieleman (as always). And for additional views about the significance of this corruption trial, check out Vive La Canada and Pacific Free Press where former SFU Prof Robin Matthews writes about his theory of the New Lawlessness. While his comments may appear extreme to some, thankfully we still have a semblance of freedom of expression in BC which allows discussions of this kind to occur.

http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/6896-the-new-lawlessness-and-you.html

In this article, Prof. Matthews asks why the government would charge the accused.

"Why would those top people take the risk of exposing their own gigantic, shady sleight-of-hand to remove BC Rail from the ownership of the people of British Columbia?"

"Because – the answer may be - the three accused men were, allegedly, double-crossing “the bosses” and were allegedly taking “The New Lawlessness” in the most natural direction. They were not primarily...violating the trust of the people of British Columbia and Canada. They were not primarily violating the trust of elected representatives in a democratic society. No. They were violating – it may be argued – a sordid (and perhaps criminal) pact entered into by top government officials and top private Corporate actors."

"The three accused had to be stopped in their tracks and taught an enduring lesson."