Greetings!
After years of him-ing and haw-ing, I have finally decided to write a blog. My intent is to question and comment on various current events. Being an industrial relations student has fueled my interests in politics, economics and sociology, just to name a few. Since philosophy is my true love, my cogitations tend to show my leanings towards Aristotelian and Humean values... But I digress.
My goal is to spark honest, intelligent, conversation with both similar and different-minded people, on topics that I find interesting, disturbing or amusing. I've named the blog "Adventures in Academia" for the simple reason that believe my life as an academic is what has opened my eyes to these issues, but also because I plan on sharing insights from my adventures in this strange world.... Also, I find that my writing skills have gone downhill since I graduated college, and I'm hoping this endeavor will help me get my writing groove back.
A few days ago, Bombardier announced its plans to develop and build the CSeries plane. Canada and Quebec have agreed to basically lend the company almost 500 million dollars. The UK and China are also pitching in, since the company is planning on having various parts of the planes built in those countries. Right away, journalists mentioned that other countries or companies would most probably file a complaint at the WTO for unjust trade practices.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080713.wbombardier0713/BNStory/Business/
I think this is great news for many reasons.
First, with the manufacturing sector going downhill in Canada, innovation is the next step in western economies. This is a step in that direction for Quebec and Canada.
Second, the fact that the government is getting involved is a great step in the battle against neo-liberalism and the so-called "free-market." In exchange for the governments' investments, jobs and wealth will be created. There are also talks of the governments helping in the training of labour, since the aerospace industry needs skilled workers, who are currently hard to find.
Finally, if these new planes meet expectations, they will be better for the environment, as well as cheaper to run, than their current equivalents. Of course this isn't a panacea for the world's dependence on oil...
After years of him-ing and haw-ing, I have finally decided to write a blog. My intent is to question and comment on various current events. Being an industrial relations student has fueled my interests in politics, economics and sociology, just to name a few. Since philosophy is my true love, my cogitations tend to show my leanings towards Aristotelian and Humean values... But I digress.
My goal is to spark honest, intelligent, conversation with both similar and different-minded people, on topics that I find interesting, disturbing or amusing. I've named the blog "Adventures in Academia" for the simple reason that believe my life as an academic is what has opened my eyes to these issues, but also because I plan on sharing insights from my adventures in this strange world.... Also, I find that my writing skills have gone downhill since I graduated college, and I'm hoping this endeavor will help me get my writing groove back.
A few days ago, Bombardier announced its plans to develop and build the CSeries plane. Canada and Quebec have agreed to basically lend the company almost 500 million dollars. The UK and China are also pitching in, since the company is planning on having various parts of the planes built in those countries. Right away, journalists mentioned that other countries or companies would most probably file a complaint at the WTO for unjust trade practices.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080713.wbombardier0713/BNStory/Business/
I think this is great news for many reasons.
First, with the manufacturing sector going downhill in Canada, innovation is the next step in western economies. This is a step in that direction for Quebec and Canada.
Second, the fact that the government is getting involved is a great step in the battle against neo-liberalism and the so-called "free-market." In exchange for the governments' investments, jobs and wealth will be created. There are also talks of the governments helping in the training of labour, since the aerospace industry needs skilled workers, who are currently hard to find.
Finally, if these new planes meet expectations, they will be better for the environment, as well as cheaper to run, than their current equivalents. Of course this isn't a panacea for the world's dependence on oil...
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