Gordie Howe's mysterious $3.5 billion cost increase
It has been about 100 hours since the end of my time as Chairman of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (see prior post “On the launch pad: The Gordie Howe International Bridge ” Dec. 16-15),...
Category: DTM – Dead Tree Media
John Barber convinces Torstar to give him new platform for his tired tall tales
It has been a few years since I’ve written about a discredited former Globe and Mail columnist by the name of John Barber (see prior post “Barber’s Blazing Beretta” Jan 28-09). The reason being,...
Who needs Silicon Valley money? Canada, that's who.
I love that the Canadian tech scene is getting so much mainstream media attention of late. Positive attention, too…it’s not just about the multi-year debacle at MaRS (see representative prior post “No surprise in...
CPPIB draws more critical attention, but to what end?
I hate to be the one to break it to the very influential pairing of The Fraser Institute and Andrew Coyne, but they are wasting their time on the CPP Investment Board. As someone...
Not so much a Blogging strike as a second guessing….
As my niggling concerns about the true utility of blogging grows, despite almost eight years of dutiful service, I’ve been negligent of late. The pros and cons of the entire exercise are becoming more...
Fairfax has been swamped by E-L Financial's quiet, steady, winning gains
There’s nothing like a good headline to draw your attention. Apparently, technology stocks such as Twitter (TWTR:Q) and Facebook (FB:Q) are highly valued, while Blackberry (BB:TSX) is “a good value investment and the firm’s...
Torstar’s ongoing value trap part 2
I don’t want to sound sensitive, but a couple of the comments on Seeking Alpha regarding my earlier Torstar post (see prior post “Torstar’s ongoing value trap” Mar 30-14) got me thinking. Perhaps there...
When newspapers reprint newspapers reprinting other newspapers
Am I reading the UK Telegraph or Canada’s Globe and Mail? A Globe journo wrote a piece earlier this week about our man Biebs on his South American tour, and while he gave a...
CPP Investment Board FAQ answer mirrors that of New Plymouth, New Zealand Investment Manager report
Does anyone else care about this stuff? Given all of the excitement around the world these days about the importance of avoiding even the appearance of plagiarism (see representative prior posts “Why is “cut...
Why so uninquisitive about the CPP Investment Board, ROBers?
My pals the Canada’s National Newspaper, the Globe and Mail, had a couple of hours over lunch recently with the Head of our Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The ultimate report had plenty of...
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