Reading Time: 3 minutes The Trudeau government’s Plan for Middle Class Progress cuts the country’s income by $131 billion over the next five years
Month: November 2016
We really do need an expanded Canada Pension Plan
Reading Time: 3 minutes A significant proportion of future Canadian retirees are going to suffer measurable deterioration in their standards of living
Getting the most value for infrastructure spending
Reading Time: 3 minutes Establishing an infrastructure bank won’t pay off if all levels of Canadian government don’t learn to broaden the tender process
Deeply steeped in the Andalusia’s historic charms
Reading Time: 4 minutes Travelling through Andalusia is an exercise in similarities and differences
The working class shift to GOP is tangible
Reading Time: 4 minutes The nerds versus the deplorables may be the next political realignment
Testing the limits of an education system’s commitment
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the face of a cyber attack on an Ontario literacy test, a teachers’ union casts doubt on the entire notion of standardized testing
The technological megashifts reshaping our world
Reading Time: 4 minutes Technology is unleashing dynamic forces, reshaping life and radically reconfiguring the relationship between our past, present and future
Slow down and stop the killing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our speed limits are too high, our vehicles are ever-larger, and our urban designs fail to account for pedestrian traffic on our streets
Trivialization of news creating a world of mediocrity
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is more of a market for trivial information that disguises itself as news than there is for information that can change the world
CETA is an intrepid Canadian opportunity
Reading Time: 3 minutes The bad news is that the long roller-coaster ride over the trade deal with Europe isn’t over – ratification may still hold some surprises