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		<title>Tim Hudak App a Great Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Smart Phones, New Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Purple Forge Ottawa Citizen &#8211; Smart Phones, New Politics Posted in Business, Canada, Canadian Politics, Ecosystems, Entreprenuerism, General Interest, Government, Government Policy, Innovation, Jobs, Local Start-ups, New Media, Nortel, Ontario, Opportunities, Ottawa, Ottawa Start-ups, Regional Economic Development, Sales, Silicon Valley, Technology, Trends, United States, US, US Politics, Web 2.0 Tagged: brian hurley, iphone, john craig, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1626&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pharmaceuticals to Replace Telecom as Canada&#8217;s Top R&amp;D Spenders?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RESEARCH Infosource released a report last week titled &#8220;Canada’s Top 100 Corporate R&#38;D Spenders List 2009 Analysis&#8220; Canada&#8217;s communications/telecom sector was the number one R&#38;D spend &#8211; with 2008 research spending on associated products and services representing 40% of total industrial R&#38;D.  Of the top 100 R&#38;D performers, 15 were from the communications/telecom sector. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1555&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social &#8220;Things&#8221; and E-democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networks and services offer interesting possibilities for the future of e-democracy. E-democracy is a combination of the words &#8220;electronic&#8221; and democracy.&#8221;  E-democracy represents the use of information and communication technologies and strategies by democratic actors within political and governance processes of local communities, nations and on the international stage. Democratic actors/sectors include governments, elected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1445&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Industry Canada announced on Monday that they will be providing additional funding for BDC. The funding allocation includes $350M for BDC&#8216;s venture capital activities that will allow it to make additional direct investments of $260 million over three years in Canadian businesses already in the BDC portfolio, as well as investments in new seed technology companies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1324&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US and Canada Job Losses Continue &#8211; May Numbers</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/06/05/us-and-canada-job-losses-continue-may-numbers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latest unemployment numbers today: Canada &#8211; 8.4% (highest in 11 years ) &#8211; Ontario is now at 9.4% (highest in 15 years) US &#8211; 9.2% (up from 8.9% in April) Other interesting lists: US Economy at a Glance US Unemployment Rate Now as High as Europe List of US States by Unemployment Rate Posted in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1303&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Broadband Infrastructure Projects for Economic Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report from OECD advocates government policy makers deploy stimulus funds and investment into broadband infrastructure - Broadband infrastructure, in particular, can be a good target for economic stimulus spending because  many projects can be initiated relatively quickly, are labour-intensive, can minimise economic leakages, and may promise stronger marginal impacts on supply and productivity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1296&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lead to Win Program Update &#8211; April 25th</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CTV Ottawa News Coverage This Sunday! Tune-in to CTV Ottawa TECH NOW with Paul Brent on April 26th at 6PM for a special report on Lead to Win! City of Ottawa, Carleton University and Business &#8211; United in Leadership for the Community Recent press releases on the Lead to Win program: City of Ottawa Ottawa Chamber [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1248&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Beef, Less Bun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are in the midst of the worst economic downturn Ottawa has seen, and we are watching our high tech sector melt away. I find it very disturbing that there are few organizations &#8211; other than the Talent First Network and NRC-IRAP &#8211; that are stepping up and taking visible, urgent and concrete steps to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1203&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forget Monorails!  The New Snake Oil for Economic Development is Green Tech and Clean Energy!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green tech and clean energy is the new snake oil &#8211; and is increasingly being pushed in Ottawa and other communities as &#8220;the future of technology&#8221; and the source for attracting venture capital,  private investment and driving  massive economic growth&#8230;  However the facts paint a different picture! Venturesource reports steady declines in Venture investment in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1192&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>McGuinty Government Announces $250M Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[McGuinty&#8217;s government announced a new fund today oriented towards helping keep Ontario start-ups moving forward in the face of a non-existant venture capital market.  The fund will match private investments dollar for dollar.   It is said to be based upon a similar model implemented in Scotland. This is a great step towards supporting innovation and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1108&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cities in Ontario at Over 10% Unemployment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An increasing number of cities in Ontario are significantly above the national average of 7.7% unemployment, including: Windor 12.6% London 8.4% Kitchener 9.1% Hamilton 8.4% St-Catherines-Niagara 9.5% Hamilton 8.4% Toronto 8.3% Oshawa 8.2% Ottawa is at 4.6%, but this low number may be misleading due to the outflow of laid-off workers from the city.  During [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1093&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario Commercialization Network to be Reformed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ontario Commercialization Network Steering Committee Report was delivered to the Minister late February.  PWC produced a report on OCN prior to the Steering Committee Report but it was not made public. The report makes some blunt assessments of serious problems with  Ontario&#8217;s current approach to economic development and commercialization.  Some key findings include: Lack [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1027&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Unemployment in February Hits 7.7%</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stats Canada has reported that Canada&#8217;s unemployment rate hit 7.7% in February.  In February, Ontario unemployment hit 8.7%.  Stats Canada also noted that just over half of all employment losses in Canada since October have happened in Ontario More details on Canada&#8217;s forecast unemployment rates and trends for 2009 is in this blog. Comparison of Canada&#8217;s unemployment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=1002&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Industry Canada reports that foreign VC investment in Canada is down 53% in 3Q08 compared to 3Q07. The bulk of investment is going towards ICT and Life Sciences deals. Ontario, Quebec and BC account for the majority of deals, with only Quebec showing growth in number of deals. The good news is that BDC investments [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=992&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler to Canada &#8211; Hand Over the Cash or I Shoot 9,000 Kittens!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Globe and Mail, Chrysler has resorted to extortion in order to extract tax payer money to prop up their failing company.  According to the article: At a parliamentary committee hearing last night, Chrysler president Thomas LaSorda said the company would commit to maintaining roughly a quarter of its North American production in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=986&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Death of Canadian R&amp;D Spending</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/03/03/the-death-of-canadian-rd-spending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 report on Canadian R&#38;D spending from Research Infosource identifies the following top 10 R&#38;D spenders - Nortel $1.851B BCE $1.26B Magna $.725B Pratt and Whitney $.444B IBM $.377B Atomic Energy of Canada $.228B RIM $.253B Alcatel-Lucent $.236B Sanofi-Aventis Group $.207B Apotex Inc $.181B Nortel currently accounts for 32% of the R&#38;D spend in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=873&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half of US Automotive Plants to Close and 200,000 Jobs Eliminated?</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/03/02/half-of-us-automotive-plants-to-close-and-200000-jobs-eliminated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Rubin, CIBC World Market&#8217;s chief economist, has published a report that analyzes the automotive industry Jeff predicts that the US auto industry will undergo a massive correction that will  eliminate 200,000 more jobs as half the US&#8217;s 51 auto plants are permanently shut down. Scotiabank Group has also published a report on the auto [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=855&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Unrest Coming to the United States?</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/28/civil-unrest-coming-to-the-united-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend in California sent me an article today that was very disconcerting.   The article was reflecting on a recent report published in Europe relative to the impacts and consequences of the economic situation: According to the European think tank, LEAP/Europe 2020, two factors make the US a likely candidate for civil violence: the absence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=816&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ottawa 2.0 &#8211; The Flint Michigan of Canada&#8217;s High Tech World?</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/28/ottawa-20-the-flint-michigan-of-canadas-high-tech-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Citizen published an article on the key role Nortel has had on the Ottawa high tech market, noting that there are no replacements for Nortel waiting in the wings to step-in to the void. Here is a list of potential impacts on the City of Ottawa in a post-Nortel scenario: Ottawa will increasingly rely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=810&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ex-High Techies in the Federal Government</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/27/ex-techies-in-the-federal-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After this blog entry I was immediately asked about the challenges those ex-techies who joined the Federal government have found.   Here is a quick summary of what I&#8217;ve been told: Being under-employed/under-challenged (compared to their personal perceived capability) Being discouraged from working excessive hours (one individual told me about a situation where a co-worker took [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=795&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Federal Government Employee Stereotypes</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/27/canadian-federal-government-employee-stereotypes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stereotypical government employee is usually characterized as &#8220;lazy&#8221;, &#8220;inefficient&#8221;, &#8220;in by 9 out by 4&#8243;. With the tech downturn, a lot of people I know ended up in the government.  The general consensus among the ex-tech people who ended up in the government is that yes,  there are pockets of poor performers and demoralized [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=789&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Face of Canada is Changing</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/27/the-face-of-canada-is-changing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stats Canada published a report in December 2008 &#8211; &#8220;Immigrant Economic and Social Outcomes in Canada&#8220;, that called out some interesting facts, including: One in five persons living in Canada is foreign born In Toronto, almost half of the population is foreign born Census statistics from 2001 provides a broader overview of immigrant origin in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=591&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Crisis &#8211; Ballooning National Debt?</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/27/the-next-crisis-ballooning-national-debt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States Federal Debt as a % of GDP As of Sept 30 2008, the US national debt was estimated to be $10 Trillion. This is roughly $35,469 per US taxpayer. The debt is continuing to grow in the wake of the increasing size of the stimulus budget items. Canadian Federal Debt as % of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=778&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation &#8211; &#8220;Next Generation of Jobs Fund&#8221; a McGuinty Debacle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the talk of government stimulus and spending it is disappointing to see the government not using programs that have already been approved and rolled-out. Last year, the Ontario Government&#8217;s Next Generation of Jobs Fund was rolled out by McGuinty with much fanfare and promises of how his government would be fast tracking the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=760&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nortel Shrinkage Continues&#8230; and Senior Executive Bonuses Expand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current Staff Tally 30,000 &#8211; 1,800 (announced in 2008) &#8211; 3,200 (announced Feb 25th) = 25,000 Of the 3,200 &#8211; 1,000 in Ottawa are at risk according to the Ottawa Citizen. The Citizen reported on a rather odd sounding bonus plan that Nortel has recently put in place &#8211; $43M goes to 1,000 employees ($23M [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=758&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Universities Benefit from Recession?</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/25/universities-benefit-from-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the UK, University applications are up 8%, with some Universities are up significantly higher: Applications to Oxford and Cambridge rose 9.9%. The University of Exeter said it had an 18% increase in applications from British students and 88% rise in those outside the EU. New universities and smaller specialist institutions also reported record rises. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=753&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Current State of Canadian and Ottawa Business Incubators</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/22/the-current-state-of-canadian-and-ottawa-business-incubators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business incubation has been identified as a means of meeting a variety of economic and socioeconomic policy needs, which may include: Creating jobs and wealth Fostering a community&#8217;s entrepreneurial climate Technology commercialization Diversifying local economies Building or accelerating growth of local industry clusters Business creation and retention Encouraging women or minority entrepreneurship Identifying potential spin-in or spin-out business opportunities [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=628&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Vulnerable is the Ontario Economy?</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/14/how-vulnerable-is-the-ontario-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To understand how vulnerable the Ontario economy is to the current conditions of the US and Canada economy, it is useful to look at where the strength of the economy has traditionally been. Some published reports that give some insights into the potential impacts on the Ontario economy and consequences include: Detroit Big 3 Economic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=504&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation in Canada Archived?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted in Canada, Canadian Politics, Economy, Entreprenuerism, General Interest, Government Policy, Information Technology, Innovation, Ottawa Tagged: Canada, federal government, Innovation<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=507&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great Depression Unemployment versus 2009 and the Coming Storm?</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/14/great-depression-unemployment-versus-2009-and-the-coming-storm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What did the unemployment rates look like in the Great Depression? During Great Depression,  unemployment numbers in the US hit 20-25% at its peak, and Canadian unemployment hit 27%. Current unemployment numbers and forecasts for Canada and the United States are discussed in this blog entry.  We are not into Great Depression unemployment rates, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=500&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Tier Medicine &#8211; Good or Bad?</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/13/two-tier-medicine-good-or-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have experienced private medicine in the US in the past when I&#8217;ve gotten sick on business trips.  My experiences in the US were generally good &#8211; fast, quality service, with current diagnostic tools &#8211; but for a price.   When I walked into an emergency ward in Texas, the first words out of the reception [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=488&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment in Canada will be 10% or higher in 2009..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following table is based on historical data from Statistics Canada, it shows the tight coupling of US and Canada unemployment rates, with the Canadian rates generally lagging the US.  The Canadian unemployment rates have been historically higher then the US by anywhere up to 4%: The current unemployment numbers for the US and Canada [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=24&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Has a BIG Impact on the Canadian Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are not aware of the big impact that small business has on the Canadian economy.   Unfortunately, the focus of the news and government is usually on the few large companies &#8211; automotive and financial of late. The Government of Canada publishes a ton of data on small businesses.   Some key metrics from 2007 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=469&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From an economic contribution perspective, the 3Q08 Ottawa Economic Outlook from CRG Consulting  states that 75% of the local economy is tied to the presence of the Federal Government directly and indirectly. From a raw jobs numbers and revenue generated locally perspective, the Ottawa City Economic Plan states that the top employers and earners for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=424&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ottawa Already Has an Innovation Hub &#8211; It&#8217;s Name is Tony Bailetti</title>
		<link>http://purplejunction.com/2009/02/09/big-expensive-building-solution-to-ottawa-high-tech-economic-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was great to see the article from Peter Kovessy of the Ottawa Business Journal today entitled &#8220;Innovation Hub in Stagnation&#8221;.  We need more public oversight, debate and analysis on how our local political leaders have and  are proposing to spend our tax dollars to spur innovation and economic growth for our region. Relative to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=388&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bottom-up Economic Stimulus?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just heard a very interesting proposal from Lawrence Lindsey (as a guest on the Daily Show) regarding economic stimulus strategy.    He proposed that rather than spending $B top-down &#8211; instead reduce personal and business taxes by an equivalent amount of $B of investment.   He noted the potential benefits of quickly putting money into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purplejunction.com&amp;blog=6330659&amp;post=333&amp;subd=purplejunction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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