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Janvier 31, 2018 4:29AM

Cryptocurrency investors eye provinces with low electricity rates

Kenneth P. Green, Elmira Aliakbari, Ashley Stedman

Bitcoin mining is a computer process that consumes a considerable amount of power.

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bitcoin, cryptocurrency, electricity bills, electricity, electricity rates, power costs, ontario hydro, quebec, energy, kathleen wynne, philippe couillard, business investment

Décembre 15, 2014 11:00AM

The cause of the Canada-U.S. price gap is obvious - the government

Canadian shoppers have long suffered from higher prices on some consumer goods, relative to other countries, especially the United States.

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canada-us price gap, price transparency act, US and Canadian retail price gap, geographic price discrimination, commissioner of competition, electricity rates, dairy and poultry products, tariffs, cabotage, airline fares

Octobre 4, 2014 6:00AM

Want smarter government? Focus it

Murray Smith, a former Alberta cabinet minister in the Ralph Klein government, the one that privatized government liquor stores and licence registries in 1993, once told me about a side benefit of such divestments (and I paraphrase): fewer distractions, which led to more focused government.

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benefits of privatization, government spending, privatization, size of government, crown corporations, jim prentice, alberta, electricity rates, electricity costs, power prices, energy, government sector pensions, government defined benefit pensions, government pensions

Mai 5, 2014 6:00AM

Paying More for Power

Gerry Angevine, Kenneth P. Green

Paying More for Power

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paying more for power, electricity rates, electricity costs in canada, electricity costs in the united states, commercial electricity consumers, industrial electricity consumers, hydroelectric generation, electricity cost