Canada likely to remain in economic decline during 2021
The Bank of Canada says the first quarter of 2021 will witness a decline in GDP, and vulnerable service-industry workers are likely to be hit the hardest by the recent and ongoing lockdowns.
china
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board invests nearly $150 millions in Chinese coal projects
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) Annual Report for 2020 shows a position of $141 million in Chinese coal.
energy
Biden to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on Day 1 in office
On Biden’s first day in the presidential office, it is being reported that he will sign multiple executive orders including one that would revoke the construction permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. The permit was initially granted by President Donald Trump.
bitcoin
Economist and former Canada Prime Minister says Bitcoin could become a ‘world reserve currency’
Stephen Harper was Canada’s Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Calgary.
canada
The pandemic is making the rich richer and the poor poorer
“There has probably not been a better time to be wealthy in America than today”, adjunct professor Peter Atwater told Bloomberg.
arctic
Opinion | What is the anti-development agenda in Canada’s Arctic?
The Canadian oil and gas industry has been hamstrung by anti-development, anti-oil and gas activist organizations who have successfully impeded the ability to build pipelines for the past six years.
Big Tech
Angela Merkel qualifies censorship ban of President Trump “problematic” as the platform’s stock falls
Steffen Seibert, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said on Monday that Twitter’s move to ban the sitting president Donald Trump was “problematic”.
Big Tech
Facebook blocks Libertarian icon Ron Paul without explanation from managing official page
On Monday, January 11, 2021, Libertarian icon and former U.S. Representative Ron Paul said that Facebook has blocked him from managing his official Public Figure page “with no explanation”.
2020 election
Walmart calls Sen. Hawley a ‘sore loser’, Hawley bites back calling out Walmart slave labour and low-wages
On Wednesday, December 30, Senator Hawley announced that he will object to the January 6th electoral college tally in congress as congressional Democrats have during the 2004 and 2016 elections. In a now-deleted tweet, Walmart responded to the Missouri Senator statement calling him a ‘sore loser’.
lawsuit
Group of Quebec entrepreneurs files lawsuit to nullify the govt’s excessive lockdown measures
On December 21st, the group Entrepreneurs en Action (EAQ, entrepreneurs in action) filed a lawsuit seeking to nullify the health emergency decrees in Quebec.
