John Kiru, President of Toronto Association of BIA’s, contributed the following to the C’est What email newsletter. I found it fascinating for its directness. As the holidays approach the national chains have had their displays up since before Halloween and the giant Asian factories have kicked into high gear providing Canadians with monstrous piles of [...]
Pretty well the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd questions that we fielded regarding Pocket Rocket went like this: Why isn’t there an Android version? The answer is, because there is no appreciable Android market. Let me explain what makes a market: people willing to buy, the ability to complete a transaction, and people willing to sell. [...]
The province is updating its liquor laws and is in the midst of a public consultation until March 17, 2011. If you have ever been trapped in a beer tent at some event, and wondered why you can’t walk around with a drink in-hand, you should comment. If you’ve just gotten back from Quebec and [...]
The Canadian Centre for Policy alternatives reports that executive compensation is alarmingly high. A sarcastic axe-grinder in the Post says it’s all a bunch of hot air by people with an axe to grind, only admitting at the end that there might be a point in all this. Executive compensation isn’t the problem. It’s executive looting. Let’s have [...]