As Chinese and Indian Economy grows… Canada follows

Lots of economic numbers out there today. The most important for me being from the Chinese, Indian, and of course Canadian spheres. First, Canada. The CBC is reporting the Bank of Canada’s new growth projection of 3.1% for 2006.. this is up from the projection in October. The bank continues to judge that the Canadian …

Assessing the Iranian Threat

Last week, the prospect of a showdown with Iran at the United Nations Security Council seemed inevitable. This week, the rhetoric has been toned down somewhat, and today the Chinese delegation expressed it’s support for a possible Russian solution to Irans nuclear problem. All that said, there still seems to be plenty of talk about …

Iran and Iraq “natural allies”

Really? Well.. apparently Al-Sadr and the governing Shia coalition in Iraq think so. If neighboring Islamic countries, including Iran, become the target of attacks, we will support them,” al-Sadr was quoted as saying. ”The Mahdi Army is beyond the Iraqi army. It was established to defend Islam.” But no worries for the Bush Administration right? …