According to a New York Times report of a speech by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in New Delhi last Friday, Canada's liberal immigration laws have led the software giant to create many jobs here. Moneyquote: [Gates] was also critical of Congress’s stance on immigration, and said he would like to see immigration exceptions for “smart people.” Canadian laws are more favorable, he said, because they allow immigrants to work if they are offered a high-paying job. Microsoft has created “a lot of jobs in Canada for that reason,” he said. Less admirably, Gates would like us all to carry government issued...
Patrons lined up at 4 p.m. Saturday for one last meal at the Midtown Tavern ...
Why did Nova Scotia Power come to the Utility and Review Board with what the board called, "an incomplete, poorly documented application?" In an email exchange with contrarian, Consumer Advocate John Merrick offers a couple of theories: They didn’t expect as much opposition and questioning because they thought it was such a win-win scenario (using a renewable energy source other than coal; helping keep NewPage viable and thus an employer in the province; giving woodlot owners and sawmills a source of revenue) they would be applauded from all corners of the province. Once into the hearing it was too late to...
Too much about this story is starting to look like a setup to me. First, there is the bit about the police not identifying the lawyer, but "sources" naming her. Somebody wanted her identity leaked, and the front-page photo in the Chronicle the next day certainly made sure everyone knew who she was. Then there were the two "tidbits" about her legal career: that one client had a mistrial, and that another client had fired her. How many other trial lawyers in Nova Scotia could have both of those things said about them? I'm willing to bet a fairly high percentage. Again, it looks to me as if this information is being reported in an effort to embarrass and humiliate her. Just to make sure, the Chronicle-Herald repeated those "details" again the next day. Just who did Anne piss off, anyway?