Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, June 26, 2015

Canadian Manufacturing Sales Shrink Four Times Faster Than Expected

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 2.1 per cent to $49.8 billion in April as sales of food, aerospace products and parts, and petroleum and coal products dropped.

Economists had expected a drop of 0.5 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters.

It was the third decline in four months.

Sales were lower in eight of 21 industries, accounting for nearly two-thirds of total Canadian manufacturing.

In constant dollar terms sales fell 1.0 per cent, indicating that a lower volume of goods was sold in April.

April sales dropped in every province except Manitoba with nearly two-thirds of the overall decline attributable to Quebec where sales fell 5.4 per cent.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author:  Andy Blatchford
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