October 16, 2008 RSS feed / Editorial

Running deficits not a bad idea, during a recession

PERHAPS THE ULTIMATE IRONY in the current global credit crisis was the collapse last week of the Canadian dollar in terms of U.S. currency. By week's end the Loonie had slipped to less than 85 U.S. More...

Our problem is with the process

IT MAY WELL BE that Orangeville Mayor Rob Adams deserves a 60-plus per cent pay raise and his colleagues on town council hikes of roughly 30 to 50 per cent, but surely the process that led to the huge increases was fatally flawed. More...