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Here and there
by
John Thomson - Story:
40368
Jul 4, 2008 / 5:00 am
Jul 4, 2008 / 5:00 am
Canadians prefer high-skilled workers, but see immigrants as underutilized.
Two-thirds support government-sponsored amendments, but large majorities claim immigrants are having a tough time finding work.
83% think attracting high-skilled workers is important to Canada.
66% support the proposal to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
65% believe the new rules will help ease labour shortages in Canada. 49% believe they will lead to unfair and arbitrary decisions affecting immigrants.
85% think there are too many immigrants in Canada who are not working in their fields of study or experience...
Email Marketing 2008, a new study released by Ipsos Reid, has found that Canadians are continuing to receive more and more email on a weekly basis. This continues the trend seen over the past few years. The average number of emails received increased by 9% in the past year, although the increase is much smaller than the 26% increase observed between 2005 and 2006. My email numbers have risen considerably and must be as high as 25 per cent more that last year...
When I woke up this morning I felt really good - there was something in the air. It was a fine day, not realizing that I was a whole lot richer.
My net worth according to Stats Canada has risen to $171,000 up from last year. One third of the increase was residential real estate...
The first item I read was that more of us held credit cards this past year and we are using them more than ever for everything. Too many Canadians never pay off that monthly balance. That fact never seems to change. Right now the credit card companies are trying new products in their card rosters to get us to use the cards more often. Retailers are paying more for the privilege of Canadians using their cards to pay the bill. The new Infinite cards are the rage today...
This was an interesting email because I guess I didn’t expect it to happen. Home prices saw an increase in the Seattle area while everywhere in the U.S. was reporting just the opposite...
Two-thirds support government-sponsored amendments, but large majorities claim immigrants are having a tough time finding work.
Email Marketing 2008, a new study released by Ipsos Reid, has found that Canadians are continuing to receive more and more email on a weekly basis. This continues the trend seen over the past few years. The average number of emails received increased by 9% in the past year, although the increase is much smaller than the 26% increase observed between 2005 and 2006. My email numbers have risen considerably and must be as high as 25 per cent more that last year...
When I woke up this morning I felt really good - there was something in the air. It was a fine day, not realizing that I was a whole lot richer.
My net worth according to Stats Canada has risen to $171,000 up from last year. One third of the increase was residential real estate...
The first item I read was that more of us held credit cards this past year and we are using them more than ever for everything. Too many Canadians never pay off that monthly balance. That fact never seems to change. Right now the credit card companies are trying new products in their card rosters to get us to use the cards more often. Retailers are paying more for the privilege of Canadians using their cards to pay the bill. The new Infinite cards are the rage today...
This was an interesting email because I guess I didn’t expect it to happen. Home prices saw an increase in the Seattle area while everywhere in the U.S. was reporting just the opposite...
About The Author...
John Thomson is the Okanagan's pre-eminent business columnist writing his column, Rumours and Things, for over 19 years. Plugged in to the valley's who's who, John keeps his readers coming back for more with his straight talk and optimistic perspective on where we are headed next.
When John is not writing his column, he runs an eleven year old think tank called the Executive Roundtable and holds his popular "Thomson Presents" quarterly business speaker seminars.
Have a comment, question, or tip for John? Email John at:
john.thomson@castanet.net
or send him a fax at 764-8255.
John Thomson is the Okanagan's pre-eminent business columnist writing his column, Rumours and Things, for over 19 years. Plugged in to the valley's who's who, John keeps his readers coming back for more with his straight talk and optimistic perspective on where we are headed next.
When John is not writing his column, he runs an eleven year old think tank called the Executive Roundtable and holds his popular "Thomson Presents" quarterly business speaker seminars.
Have a comment, question, or tip for John? Email John at:
The views expressed are strictly those of the author and not necessarily those of Castanet.
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