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1. Bombardier and Canada's corporate welfare trap

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province In the land of government plenty that vast landscape populated with the tax dollars of Canadians there is no shortage of politicians willing to hand out and defend subsidies to business and no dearth of corporations ...

2. The Beatles, John Diefenbaker and chronic subsidy seekers

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald Back in 1962 John F. Kennedy had been president of the United States for one year, four lads from Liverpool were about to hit it big in the music world, and a Saskatchewan lawyer, John Diefenbaker, was in his fifth year as ...

3. Corporate Welfare at Industry Canada since John Diefenbaker

   Between April 1, 1961 and March 31, 2012, and adjusted for inflation to 2012 dollars, Industry Canada disbursed $34.3 billion through to other governments, foundations, and businesses. $22.1 billion of that money was disbursed to business, $8.8 billion ...

4. Industry Canada loses $5B; Access request finds $7.4B lent, just $2.1B repaid

   Appeared in the Financial Post and Calgary Herald The well-known quip- The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results- is often attributed to Albert Einstein or Mark Twain. Accurate attribution has ...

5. Corporate Welfare Bargains at Industry Canada

   This Alert reviews payments made to businesses over the last 30 years by Canada's federal department of industry, a practice known as corporate welfare. The information was gathered through an Access to Information request to Industry Canada. This ...