Canadian Edge Weekly
Financial Stability and Canada
- January 30, 2012
The Financial Stability Board notes that Canada's conservative approach helped it avoid the worst of what afflicted the global financial system during the last decade.
Keystone XL Generates More Sound and Fury
- January 19, 2012
It was another week of entertaining Keystone XL news, as a predictable legislative move prompted the predictable executive counter-move. By the way, aspiring Keystone XL builder/operator TransCanada Corp (TSX: TRP, NYSE: TRP) is about to boost its dividend, again.
A Fashionable Clog and More Economic Point/Counterpoint
- January 12, 2012
From a certain distance the HSBC Financial Clog Index looks a lot like it did in early 2008. But there’s no question conditions outside the global financial complex are much better now than they were in the lead-up to the disaster that unfolded in the early autumn of that fateful year.
Politics and Portfolios: Canada's Domestic Tranquility and Three External Threats
- January 3, 2012
Solid, not spectacular, is the ideal outside observers would notice if they deigned to check out how Canadian politicians seem to avoid the drama afflicting the rest of the world.
Canada Revenue Agency Sends Christmas Wishes
- December 29, 2011
It’s a rare gift from a constituted tax authority this holiday season.
Three Notes about Vermilion Energy Inc*
- December 23, 2011
Vermilion Energy Inc (TSX: VET, OTC: VEMTF) is adjusting its capital plan for 2012.
Keystone XL Is Dead, Long Live Keystone XL
- December 15, 2011
Its opponents would like to think they’ve won some type of victory with its delay. But the pipeline will be built, and it’s looking like circumstances are aligning to sponsor TransCanada Corp’s (TSX: TRP, NYSE: TRP) benefit.
CRA to Verify Non-Resident Eligibility for Tax Treaty Dividend Rate
- December 6, 2011
The Canada Revenue Agency is now asking for affirmative verification of US-based investors’ eligibility for withholding at 15 percent as opposed to 25 percent from dividends paid to them by Canada-based corporations.
Canada's Open Minds Will Open Its Oil to Asian Consumption
- November 22, 2011
There is opposition to pipeline construction in Canada. But negotiations are much more civil and constructive, too.
Keystone XL: Winners and Losers
- November 17, 2011
Keystone XL may be in limbo, but TransCanada Corp (TSX: TRP, NYSE: TRP) looks like it’s in the catbird seat, as North American crude production is set to rise regardless of any short-term wins for fossil fuels' opponents.
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