Recent content by Frostie

I started out as a plumber and got my ticket when I was 22 years old. I worked for two different companies and learned the business from two different angles. I moved onto heating and refrigeration shortly after I became a journeyman plumber and received my journeyman refrigeration mechanic...

You are saying your country is more culturally diverse, but I believe most black people in America are American and thus largely contribute to what is believed to be the common American culture. 13% of Americans are foreign born, with a large amount of that percentage being from Mexico...

I can't believe Phoenix wasn't on that list. Being Canadian we went there to get a break from the cold and could not believe how nice it is in Arizona. For us, if we could take our incomes with us we would live like kings down there.... $19 for a 60 of rum?!?! $20 for 30 beer...

20% of Canadians are immigrants. ~5 million people out of ~30 million people were born in other countries around the world. 25% of Canadians do not recognize English or French as their mother tongue. ~7.5 million people speak a different language as their first language.

I for one am delighted that our government and central bank can have real open discussions about problems and future concerns without completely politicizing the issues.

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/12/14/maxime-bernier-carney-vows-to-keep-pouring-oil-on-the-fire/

This all started when Oprah announced she was retiring.

-15c if for noobs. -34c here Sunday.

Thanks for the reply, it is appreciated. What I am reading here then is that perhaps the BoC is going raise rates regardless of unemployment and economic indicators? As well they seem to be less focused on curtailing inflation than in the past? Personally I think this would be a good...

Hey Kass can you comment on what Mark Carney said today about household debt in Canada? http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Analysis+Canadian+debt+rates+continue+mount/3971673/story.html I know its nothing new, but they have been reiterating this point for a few months. I wonder if...

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I watched this, but didn't hear any mention of China?

They should hold and wait to see what the holiday numbers look like. The damn roller coaster needs to stop and extending the time period between rate hikes/cuts would help smooth things out.

Preparing us for some much more serious in the future. Look for more checkpoints in your local community!

Plumbing infrastructure is more expensive to incorporate into every dwelling than information infrastructure. With 1.x billion people around, which would you rather have?