A costly wrong number

Article Abstract:

The Alberta provincial government launched NovAtel Communications in 1983 to diversify the province's industrial base. However, the company has turned into a financial mess that has cost Alberta taxpayers at least $500 million. Most of the money was loaned to small rural US telephone companies.

Finance, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Novatel Communications Inc.

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From pulpit to parliament: Douglas battled for social change

Article Abstract:

Thomas Douglas was elected to Canada's Parliament in 1935 as a member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), which promoted social reforms that remain today. The CCF became the New Democratic Party, which still influences Canada's social policy.

Interpretation and construction, Political activity, Social policy, New Democratic Party (Canada), Douglas, Thomas Clement

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