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A decade ago, Norma Goodwin was putting in long hours in the forensic accounting practice of a big firm. While cycling through a pair of foreign assignments, she had a [...]

A nuclear renaissance is taking place in Canada and elsewhere, and nuclear organizations and companies are spendig millions of dollars to promote a repackaged nuclear energy industry that can address the concert about climate change, air quality and blackouts. The history and forecasts and trends in the growing nuclear energy sector of Canada is presented.

Once in a while, Peter Yaremchuk, an Edmonton practitioner and president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, needs to get a read on how other small firms in [...]

<> se rememore Tony lanni. Ron Gage, alors president de Ernst & Young (E & Y), avait convoque le jeune diplome de l'Universite Wilfrid Laurier au bureau de la direction. [...]

Increasing usage radio frequency identification devices in consumer goods supply chain management and disadvantages associated with this are discussed.

ON A CLEAR LATE SUMMER DAY, about a hundred people--investors, media and assorted dignitaries--gathered on the tarmac of the island airport (known officially as the Toronto City Centre Airport) to […]

On October 13, 2005, Greg Sorbara and his wife, Kate, were driving home when the cellphone rang. Sorbara had just endured one of the ritual shamings of public life, resigning […]

Une guerre se deroule sous nos yeux. Comme dans la plupart des guerres, des ressources rares sont en jeu, mais il s'agit d'une guerre sans armes, sans bombes et sans [...]

Onex Corp's brand image has been associated with it's chief executive officer Gerald Schwartz since years. The company is now planning an image change for which it has employed the services of public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard. The public relations efforts that need to be implemented by Onex for an image makeover are discussed.

IF YOU BELIEVE THE UTOPIAN PREDICTIONS of Dalton McGuinty, by 2031 the Greater Golden Horseshoe--that vast stretch of Toronto-centric urbanity extending from Fort Erie to Barrie, Waterloo to Peterborough--will have […]

The growth of Teacher's Private Capital, Canada's most influential private-equity (PE) player is discussed, describing how Jim Leech led the firm to generate huge profit for teachers. Public-sector pension funds investing huge money in PE firms who can be cheaters also, is a growing concern in Canada.

ASK ANYONE WITH KIDS IN Ontario's education system what their local school hoods, and you'll get a laundry list: books for the library, musk. and phys-ed programs, upgraded computers, caretakers […]

ON AUGUST 14, 2003, During the sweet spot of the afternoon, I was lounging on a dock in cottage country. The kids were playing, friends were visiting. The lake was […]

MICHAEL THOMPSON OFTEN TELLS of an encounter he had at a town hall meeting earlier this year, when a woman came up to him holding two photos. The first showed […]

IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, DOMINICK DeLucia is a man with no fear of falling. As he gives me the pro forma office tour, the driving force behind the Rochester-Toronto […]

What's a left-leaning mayor doing with a right-wing budget chief? Despite their political differences--where they stand on the fixed link, to name a biggie--David Miller and David Soknacki seem thoroughly […]

On the final morning of the great municipal marathon of 2003, David Miller folded his large frame into my station wagon for a last interview. He was between hurried appearances […]

Gerry Schwartz, the Midas of Onex, is going through a midlife crisis as his company is facing a bad phase.

WHEN CITY HALL INSIDERS began contemplating the upcoming municipal election about two years ago, the discussions focused primarily on Mel and how wonderful it would be to have a mayor […]

The various types of nursing home facilities are discussed.

YOU CAN GLEAN SOMETHING ABOUT A SOCIETY'S PRIORITIES from the way it treats its major public structures. Those big old schools, which towered imposingly above their neighbourhoods, declared, "Something important […]

THE DAY THE PAUL MARTIN tsunami rolled into town, late in April, the World Health Organization decided to lift the notorious SARS travel advisory. An ocean away, in Geneva, Health […]

LAST SEPTEMBER, JOHN SEWELL, THE FORMER mayor and gadfly about town, hosted a meeting at the Church of the Holy Trinity, where various speakers heaped scorn on the Union Station […]

IS IT POSSIBLE TO BEAUTIFY THE GARDINER? That's the question Robert Fung, chair of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, put to a pair of local architects last September. It seemed […]

STARTING IN JANUARY, A PLATOON OF MAYORAL candidates will seek to tap the palpable thirst for change that's been welling up in the minds of Torontonians. The voters are sick […]

The effects of the Enron debacle in the US on Canada are highlighted. The aims of setting up of Canadian Coalition for good governance are discussed. The proposed rules target five types of potential threats facing auditors, namely, self-review, self-interest, advocacy, familiarity and intimidation threat are described.

MICHAEL WALKER'S CHEEKY CENSURE motion against Mayor Mel Lastman never stood a chance, and the wily gadfly from North Toronto surely knew its legislative fate when he tabled it at […]

SHELLEY LASKIN, TRUSTEE FOR ST, PAUL'S ward, rises from her seat and begins the speech she's yearned to give for a year: "I'm very proud to be here tonight, and […]

TOM JAKOBEK IS A MAN WHO never worked outside politics until his tumultuous management stint at Toronto East General Hospital. Thai posting, touted as a kind of realworld sabbatical from […]

A description is presented of the career and achievements of the Toronto Stock Exchange Chief Executive Officer Barbara Stymiest. Her ambitions to introduce regulatory changes and attract investment are discussed.

A funny thing happened on the way to the apocalypse. Don McKellar got serious When Don McKellar was in high school in Toronto in the late 1970s, he and a […]

The lesser demand for audited financial statement and the federal decision to remove the audit requirement from large corporations prompted the profession to introduce new assurance services. The move aims to retain its role of providing reliable independent review of financial statements. CA WebTrust is the representative technology that allows auditors to conduct an Internet- based audit. Auditors, however, should carefully choose their clients to avoid recommending unstable web sites.

After years of being dictated to by car companies, frustrated buyers are forcing the auto industry to reinvent the way its vehicles are designed and sold. In hiring marketing whiz [...]