Ontario Used To Be Well Governed, But Has Lost Its Mojo
The Ontario I grew up in was governed by what was called the “Big Blue Machine”, the nickname for the Progressive Conservative Party that governed the province... Read more.
Why Isn’t Densification Making Housing Cheaper?
Housing affordability has been the major issue impacting average Canadians ever since the Covid pandemic has declined in importance. For around two decades, if not... Read more.
You May Be A Landlord Or Real Estate Speculator, And Not Even Know It!
Newspapers in Canada have been covering the “housing crisis”, with many stories about the high cost of buying or renting a home since the pandemic. Landlords... Read more.
That’s Not Fair! What Should Governments Subsidize?
When I go on X, or Twitter, or Ex-Twitter or X-Twitter, my feed is often full of ideological people pushing the idea that Land Value Taxes (LVTs) are the solution... Read more.
Will Canada Really Have 63 Million People In 2073? Do We Have A Choice?
Recently (late June 2024), Statistics Canada released the projections for Canada’s population for the next 49 years, all the way to 2073. There were headlines... Read more.
Canadian Citizenship Should Not Be Without Obligations
We live in an era where everybody is adamant about their rights, particularly their human rights as citizens. Nobody wants to be a second-class citizen, and... Read more.
Are Biden And Trudeau Responsible For Inflation And High Prices?
Most of us have heard the term “It’s the economy, stupid!”. It actually comes from a handmade sign that Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist James Carville... Read more.
Crossroads Blues: Canada’s Economy Never Seems To Get On The Right Path
Blues legend Robert Johnson wrote and recorded the song “Crossroads” (Cross Road Blues) – the song he is most famous for and which many people likely know... Read more.
Are Canadian Courts Becoming Far More Powerful Than We Expected – Or Wanted?
I grew up in Don Mills in the 1960s and 1970s, and frankly I feel lucky to have gone to school in those years, and not today. The education I got through the North... Read more.
Yascha Mounk’s Book On “Wokeness” Is Eye-Opening
DEI, wokeness, critical race theory, systemic racism, intersectionality and cultural appropriation. Ten or twenty years ago, most of these terms were unknown, and... Read more.