Canadian Banker articles from November 1989

Canadian Banker archives from November 1989

In the middle of the action. (Robert M. MacIntosh of the Canadian Bankers' Association) (interview)
November 1, 1989... In the middle of the action After ten years in this job, what accomplishments do you feel good about? The first one is that I rebuilt the staff of the CBA. Our staff now has a very high reputation in the industry and even more so...

Changes, choices challenges: servicing the rural economy.
November 1, 1989... Changes, choices challenges: servicing the rural economy Events of the current decade may be harbingers of things to come. To a large extent, the genesis of what occurred in the 1980s can be traced to the general illusion of prosperity...

What about the environment? (business and the environment)
November 1, 1989... What about the environment? Opinion polls continue to demonstrate that the environment is a major issue on the minds of the concerned public in North America. An astonishing 78 per cent of Canadians questioned in one poll said they would be...

Bankers don't wear Hush Puppies. (dress codes)
November 1, 1989... Bankers don't wear Hush Puppies Almost 20 years ago, nervously checking his tie and navy-blue pinstripe suit, an employee at one of Canada's major banks was waiting outside his superior's office for a performance review. Summoned into...

Taxes - a ribald review.
November 1, 1989... Taxes -- a ribald review There was nothing to chuckle about when the Honourable Michael Wilson unveiled the Goods and Services Tax (GST). But after the GST goes into effect there are bound to be hilarious haps... I hope I can still see a...

The good word on "bad" banks. (U.S. scene; includes related information)
November 1, 1989... The good word on "bad" banks The 1980s were a troubled decade for banking, especially in the United States where bank failures reached heights not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Toward the close of the decade more than 200...

Information as service.
November 1, 1989... Information as service It is all too easy for those of us accustomed to the old school of banking to contend that there are far too many machines in our workaday world, and not enough personal contact. A shiver far removed from delight runs...

Foiling the golden fleece. (ultrasonics for detecting tungsten rods in gold bars; includes related information.)
November 1, 1989... Foiling the golden fleece To the naked eye, the glimmering gold bar set aside for the RCMP fraud squad looks like all the others stacked in the Treasury vault of Toronto's Commerce Court. That just proves, though, that the old adage is...

Dealing with pesky people.
November 1, 1989... Dealing with pesky people Difficult people! Every organization has at least one pesky person and some have several. No matter how many or how few you run into, people who are hard to get along with make life miserable for everyone. They...

The Wealthy Barber; The Commonsense Guide to Successful Financial Planning.
November 1, 1989... The Wealthy Barber; The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning; A barbershop might not to be the most obvious place for imparting financial advice, but the fact that the male characters are so anxious to gain advice that they force...

World Agriculture Changes: Implications for Canada.
November 1, 1989... World Agriculture Changes: Implications for Canada Dr. Clay Gilson is a professor in the University of Manitoba's Department of Agricultural Economics. His work is designated as Policy Study 7 of the C.D. Howe Institute, a non-profit research...

Value Added Tax - International Practice and Problems.
November 1, 1989... Value Added Tax -- International Practice and Problems Canada's proposed Goods and Services Tax, a value added tax ("VAT") in all but name, is Canada's tax-of-the-month, or rather tax-of-the-year. Many books have been written about VAT. I...

On the safe side. (Canadian crime prevention)
November 1, 1989... On the safe side "Our criminal justice system must place more emphasis, not on the prevention of crime, but rather on the repression of crime." This was the message delivered by G. G. Tallman, senior vice-president and cheif inspector of the...