Potash and trout bring out the best in the Cons

By Frank Moher Perhaps Alison, the regular blogger in this space, will disagree, but it seems to me the Conservatives have actually done two things right in the last two days. That’s two things in a row. Significantly, both are liable to prove unpopular with their business base in the West, which may mean that [...]

Shafted by Canada

By Alison@Creekside Canada is #1 in the world in mining and extractive industries in foreign countries. With over a thousand mining and exploration companies in 100 countries — about 5,000 projects — Canada has well over 50% of the global exploration and mining companies. There have been noises about human rights abuses. On March 26, [...]