Switzerland
Switzerland cracks down on HSBC
Feb 18: Officials are searching the bank’s Geneva offices this morning. Plus, Tim Hortons’ plans to go global, and Chinese New Year by the numbers
Oil volatility, Swiss secrets, and a G20 meeting
Feb. 9: It’s a busy week ahead. Plus, a look at the strength of Canadian and U.S. jobs numbers.
Let’s call it quits, and head for Switzerland
Jan. 16: Target and Sony close up shop in Canada, plus fall out from the Swiss Central Bank’s currency surprise
In Switzerland, a gold rush to arms
A Sunday referendum that could see Switzerland take back its gold held overseas is sowing dissension and fear across Europe
A dubious example of assisted suicide
A high-profile suicide creates dramatic headlines—and impossible questions
The dark side of the ‘nordic miracle’
Scandinavian countries may not be a perfect model for social cohesion and happiness
Four higher ed innovations Canada might consider
Big ideas from Switzerland, Tennessee, Israel and Australia
A global tour of carbon pricing
As noted yesterday, Stephen Harper is presently in India, a country that has a carbon tax. After India, he will visit the Philippines, where pig farmers are currently selling carbon credits.
In search of democracy
Rick Salutin is searching the world for the essence of democracy—see here, here and here for the first three instalments—and in Switzerland he considers referendums.
The Commons: Having it both ways
Stephen Harper promises his “major transformations” will also be unremarkable
What do you get when you mate a Leaf with a Lion?
Perhaps Ron Wilson can borrow the Swiss particle accelerator to create a squad of über-Leafs
A cooling on the right
Swiss voters haven’t rejected the SVP, but they did cool to its message