Is It Fair To Increase The Capital Gains Tax?
In the recent 2024 Federal Budget, the Liberal government opted to increase the taxes on capital gains. This has seen a lot of media coverage both in favour and... Read more.
There Is No Generational War
I just got a 3-month free subscription to Apple TV after a few years away from having it. After watching the last season of Ted Lasso, the next thing I watched was... Read more.
The Age Of Idiocy Is Upon Us
One of the most famous opening lines from a novel is from Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the... Read more.
Academics Misfire In Trying To Overcome Supposed “NIMBYism”
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Brian Graff’s Substack: https://briangraff.substack.com/ Urban planning and housing affordability... Read more.
What’s Densification Got To Do With It?
TINA! When I write “TINA!”, likely the first thought to enter any reader’s mind will be Tina Turner. Mind you, the title above would skew things even more.... Read more.
There Are Two Kinds Of People
There is a witty one liner that “There are two types of people in the world: Those who divide the people in the world into two types, and those who don’t”... Read more.
It’s The U.S. That’s Broken, Not Canada
It is hard to believe that it was way back in November 2022 that Pierre Poilievre, during a press conference, first claimed that “it feels like everything is broken... Read more.
Electoral Reform Is Dead! Long Live Electoral Reform!
You may be familiar with the Serenity Prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to... Read more.
Death Of Merit In Canada? Eric Lombardi Misses The Target
Brian Graff responds to Eric Lombardi’s piece “The death of merit, the birth of aristocracy, and Canada’s quiet descent into neofeudalism”,... Read more.
Did Canada Ever Really Have An “Immigration Consensus”?
Editor’s note: The man in the cover image of this article is Daniel Stoffman (1945-2023), the author of Who Gets In – the book which Brian Graff analyzes... Read more.