Immigration
Canada's population was estimated to be just over 40,500,000 on October 1. That's an increase of more than 430,600 since Canada Day July 1st. This country's total population growth in the first 9 months of 2023 exceeded the total for any other full year period since Confederation in 1867. Our population grew by more ...
Jan 08, 2024
middle class in Canada
The "middle class". Political parties covet it because most of us believe we are part of it. In a recent nationwide survey about the future of Canada's middle class fewer than a third of us are optimistic about its future. In 2020 just over half of Canadians felt optimistic, so there's been a big drop. In ...
Jan 05, 2024
predictions for the new year
And away we go into 2024. Fasten your seat belts and hold on because I think it's going to be another interesting one and the old crystal ball is cloudy so it's hard to make any solid predictions about what's going to happen in the hot spots around the world, and I mean hot in terms of both conflict and climate change...
Jan 03, 2024
year end
As another year comes to an end and I'm another year older I like to ponder some of the things I have learned about life. For example, getting older isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. There are things money can't buy: manners, morals, character, respect, common sense, trust, patience, class, integrity, ...
Dec 29, 2023
Always trust your gut instincts
As another year comes to an end and I'm another year older I like to ponder some of the things I have learned about life. For example, getting older isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. There are things money can't buy: manners, morals, character, respect, common sense, trust, patience, class, integrity, ...
Dec 29, 2023
2024?
What will 2024 be like? That's a broad question to ponder. As usual there'll be bad news and good news (we hope). Some of the bad news is we don't know when people will stop killing each other in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The human race never seems to learn from its historical mistakes. Russia's Vladimir...
Dec 27, 2023
2024
What will 2024 be like? That's a broad question to ponder. As usual there'll be bad news and good news (we hope). Some of the bad news is we don't know when people will stop killing each other in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The human race never seems to learn from its historical mistakes. Russia's Vladimir...
Dec 27, 2023
Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The next Coffeetalk will be on the radio December 27th, so let me take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas! As the song goes, it's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, the Season to be Jolly, at least we hope so for most people. In these times of inflation and high interest rates, there are those who ar...
Dec 22, 2023
most searched words
As we near the end of another year I looked up some of the most-searched words or terms online in 2023 and wasn't surprised to see that "authentic" and "deepfake" came up at the top of the list. AI, Artificial Intelligence, was a hot discussion topic this year so it makes sense those two words were...
Dec 20, 2023
Alberta and the CPP
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) began in 1966. If you've worked for a paycheque anytime since then you've paid into it matched by your employers on your behalf. Quebec doesn't participate but has had its own pension plan similar to the CPP since the beginning. There's also been a Saskatchewan Pension Plan (SPP) since...
Dec 18, 2023