The whoppers in Tim Hudak's "Truth" ad

This is the latest ad from the Ontario Progressive Conservatives. They call it “Truth”. But in fact, it features their leader saying at least one thing that is demonstrably and unequivocally untrue and one other statement that is unlikely to be true. Let’s break it down by looking at two key claims Hudak makes early in this ad. (I’m assuming by now, you’ve watched the ad)

“The truth is that a million people in our province woke up this morning in our province without a job.”

Nope. Sorry. That’s not the truth. Continue reading The whoppers in Tim Hudak's "Truth" ad

A response to Kevin Milligan's pension post: A math issue

Kevin Milligan is an associate professor of economics at the University of British Columbia. I’m a journalist who bailed on his undergraduate minor in economics when I ran into too much math in ECON 2310 and 2410. So I approach this response to some math issues in Milligan’s excellent post on the state of our public retirement income system with a bit of trepidation.

But I’ll plunge in away. Continue reading A response to Kevin Milligan's pension post: A math issue