B.C. a safer investment bet than developing countries

At least in B.C., and Canada, we don’t have to donate half our business to a corrupt government or its cronies

B.C. a safer investment bet than developing countriesMany people have asked me why anyone would start a business in Vancouver. (Sometimes they ask why B.C. or even Canada.) Why indeed? Look at the high cost of real estate. Consider the high tax levels, including the now rarely mentioned PST. It is hard to find people with enough skills to fill the high…

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s ‘hero’, holds anti-free market views

Known to be both dictatorial and inflexible

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s ‘hero’, holds anti-free market viewsThe Myanmar miracle marches on, but don’t stop holding your breath. Great hazards are emerging ahead. Still, the most recent shockingly good news is that former military dictator Than Shwe has declared the woman he kept under house arrest during his 20 years in power, Aung San Suu Kyi, “the future leader of the country.”…