Brian, seeing the last name mentioned in this article prompts me to add that having a baby can be a very good career move for a woman, as long as she isn't in the everyday category of M-F 9-5 workers. According to the magazines in my market's check-out line, next up: J-Lo. How much more of a dual society can it get when this basic fact of life can be so virtually rewarding for some and increasingly, financially crippling to most?
Karen East of Portland, West of Mt Hood Outgoing Mail Scanned by NAV 2002 Brian wrote: Perhaps we should all chip in and send them Xmas food baskets. Bah Humbug, Dec. 8, 2002. 01:53 PM CANADA'S RICHEST GETTING POORER The richest of Canada's rich are getting poorer, according to a ranking of the country's wealthy citizens by Canadian Business magazine. The fourth-annual Rich 100 list, which is to be released today, is once again topped by Kenneth Thomson of the Thomson Corp. publishing empire, with a net worth of $21.48 billion; down from $23.7 billion last year. In second place is grocery king Galen Weston with a net worth of $9.18 billion, up from $8.6 billion last year. The combined net worth of Canada's top-100 this year is $111.1 billion, which is down 7.6 per cent from last year's total of $120.3 billion. Ten members from last year's exclusive club have dropped out altogether, including some of the longest-standing and best-known in Canadian business. "While the fall of Internet titans is a familiar tale by now, this year's Canadian Business Rich 100 list shows that the meltdown is hitting some non- techies, too," said investment editor Jason Kirby. Peter Munk of property giant Trizec, and Pierre Karl Peladeau of Quebecor Inc., both missed this year's cutoff of $270 million in net worth to make the list. Meanwhile, although still making the list, Charles Bronfman's net worth has fallen 70 per cent since 2000 to $1.63 billion. Despite the collapse of the tech bubble, Jeff Skoll, co-founder of online auction site EBay, remains Canada's richest tech entrepreneur at $3.47 billion. Celine Dion is worth $305 million this year, up from $295 million last year.
