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Frank Stronach

Frank Stronach is the founder of Magna International Inc., one of Canada’s largest global companies, and is an inductee into the Automotive Hall of Fame.

Why manufacturing matters

Frank Stronach June 6, 2024Columns, Editorials, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

Made in China. It’s the label you see on most products sold in stores throughout the country. The odd time, you’ll see a product manufactured in some other country. But you almost never see a product that’s made here in Canada any longer. 

Investment dollars fleeing Canada

Frank Stronach May 30, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

Investors, it seems, are increasingly losing confidence in Canada and putting their money elsewhere. 

Trade apprenticeships: pathways to prosperity and happiness

Frank Stronach May 16, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

A new survey last week showed young Canadians were among the least happy group of people in the country based on age and also one of the most discontented in the developed world.

Small business is bleeding

Frank Stronach May 9, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Everyone knows you don’t kick someone when they’re down.

Canada moves closer to point of no return with our national debt

Frank Stronach May 2, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

There’s an old bit of wisdom courtesy of Ernest Hemingway that you go broke two ways: first gradually, then suddenly.

How do we boost productivity? Give workers a piece of action

Frank Stronach April 25, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

As the former CEO of Magna International, one of Canada’s largest manufacturing companies, my philosophy was always that employees don’t work for you – they work with you.

Want to fix the economy? Start by fixing our tax system

Frank Stronach April 18, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

For most Canadians, April is the time of year when frustration and anger over our convoluted, loophole-ridden tax system is at its highest.

Are Canadian children worth the cost of school nutrition programs?

Frank Stronach April 11, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

When the federal government tables the budget later this month, one of the items that may end up in the mix is funding for a new national school food program. 

Halt all hiring – immediate fix for reining in unchecked gov’t bureaucracy

Frank Stronach April 4, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Most Canadians would not be surprised to learn there are way too many civil servants in Ottawa.

Growing anxiety about the direction of our country

Frank Stronach March 28, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

If you’re looking for warning signs about the state of our economy, there were all kinds these past few weeks. 

Is technology accelerating the great divide in income?

Frank Stronach March 21, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Back in the 1980s, when Artificial Intelligence (AI) was still the stuff of science fiction and computers and automation were changing the way we worked, a number of futurists and economists predicted “the end of work” and rising living standards. 

The gas-powered car era is coming to a close

Frank Stronach March 14, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault stirred up a hornet’s nest recently when he said Ottawa will stop investing in new large-scale road infrastructure projects.

Why economic rights matter as much as democratic rights

Frank Stronach March 7, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

A month ago, some of the richest and most powerful people on the planet gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. 

There’s an economic storm brewing

Frank Stronach February 29, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

No one likes being the bearer of bad news, but I truly believe with every bone in my body, that we’re headed for some severe times in the years ahead.

How can we rebuild Canada’s crumbling economy?

Frank Stronach February 22, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

A lot of recent surveys taking the pulse of the nation show that Canadians are worried and anxious about the state of our economy and the future of the country. 

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Local indoor yard sale approaching finale after 35 years

LISTOWEL – A popular long-running indoor yard sale is set to draw to a close with its final sale…

Crime Stoppers Huron Perth looking for board members

Crime Stoppers is on the hunt for new board members, and more representation from across the two counties.

See all Listowel area articles.

Council learns about development charges, Coun. Goetz against them

During a special educational council meeting focused on development charges, South Bruce Coun. Jeff Goetz railed against the implementation of such charges.

The Un-credible Trump

Canada’s newly re-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney seems to have gained his new mandate largely on the belief among voters he is best positioned to deal with the literally existential threat posed to Canada by US President Donald Trump.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Co-ed Wooden Bat Baseball Tournament held at Bluevale ball park

Bluevale Community Committee members Wayne Whalen and Tyler Hallahan held a Co-ed Wooden Bat…

McHappy Day in Wingham saw local names participating in this year’s fundraising event

Several local volunteers joined the Josephine Street location to help with the single largest McDonald’s fundraising day of the year.

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

We cannot overlook our own issues

The recent federal election had the highest voter turnout in decades. It seems Canadians took notice when the American president took to sniping at our prime minister, calling him Governor Trudeau, and Canada the 51st state.

Fort44 in Teeswater is focused on the local connection

On Clinton Street, Fort44 Inc.’s office sits just beyond the 44th parallel – a geographical nod to the IT company’s local mentality. 

A glimpse of The Great War through the headlines of Perth County 

 The town of Listowel was a young 39-year-old when WWI broke out in Europe, and those living among the quiet pastoral fields of Perth County and the many communities within it sent their loved ones to places unknown for King and country, their lives immortalized by ink on page. 

Columnists

Co-ed Wooden Bat Baseball Tournament held at Bluevale ball park

By Cory Bilyea

Bluevale Community Committee members Wayne Whalen and Tyler Hallahan held a Co-ed Wooden Bat…

McHappy Day in Wingham saw local names participating in this year’s fundraising event

By Cory Bilyea

Several local volunteers joined the Josephine Street location to help with the single largest McDonald’s fundraising day of the year.

Local indoor yard sale approaching finale after 35 years

By Heather MacEwen

LISTOWEL – A popular long-running indoor yard sale is set to draw to a close with its final sale…

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