From the category archives:

Politics

…or purse, I suppose, if you’re a woman. Or European. Whatever. While much of the media coverage of yesterday’s Federal Budget has focused on the economic stimulus initiatives and the political wrangling in Ottawa, self-centred Canadians such as myself are wondering exactly what impact the impact will be on our personal finances. Sure, new [...]

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A lot of people in the personal finance blogosphere are at least ostensibly anti-debt. I’m not one of them. While I agree that no debt is better than any debt, I also believe that not all debt is evil and that borrowing can often serve some very useful purposes. Borrowing to purchase a house, to [...]

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Election Day Miscellany

October 14, 2008

Today is Election Day, which means several things. First, as of tomorrow morning, Canada will have a new government- or more accurately, the old government with a new mandate. Second, readers won’t have to put up with as many political posts from yours truly. And third, if you don’t vote and I find out, I’ll [...]

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I’m quite the political junky, and have been since I first started hanging around campaign offices in high school. At various points, I have campaigned for each of the Liberals, the Progressive Conservatives, the New Democrats, and the Canadian Alliance. Currently, I’m a jaded pseudo-independent who delights in torturing the candidates who come knocking on [...]

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