Man is an animal that makes bargains.....

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

Adam Smith

Much of the investment is likely to help.....

Much of the investment is likely to help Chinese manufacturers move up the value chain. They’re not looking for cheap labour that they can get in Thailand, the Philippines or African countries. They’re looking for the kind of technological, management and marketing expertise that will allow them to become global companies.

Yuen Pau Woo, president of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

New Brunswick is the third-most industrialized province in the country...

New Brunswick is the third-most industrialized province in the country, so the manufacturing sector is really a foundation of the provincial economy.

David Plante

Parity is the new reality...

"Parity is the new reality. It was six months ago, and will be in 2011," said Rahim Madhavji, president of Knightsbridge Foreign Exchange Inc. "A lot of businesses have adjusted, but many exporters still hold the view we will return to a 95-cent (U.S.) loonie and that's a false hope."

Rahim Madhavji
president of Knightsbridge Foreign Exchange Inc.

The politics of envy has never achieved economic growth...

The politics of envy has never achieved economic growth, because it has at its core a desire to redistribute the existing wealth, instead of creating incentives to create growth that can lift an entire society.

Terry Savage
Chicago Sun Times