Don’t worry. I’m not trying to sell you insurance. I’m trying to sell you on Karen Stintz’s super-awesome new transit plan. Yes for just $180 a year or $15 a month, Toronto could actually have a transit system worthy of the name. …
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All Politics Is Local: Housing Market Hypocrisy
Yesterday brought new house price numbers showing that the Canadian housing market has not, as yet, fallen off a cliff. Prices are down a little in Vancouver while still rising in Toronto. The coverage was accompanied by the standard doom and gloom about a catastrophic housing bubble. The Globe ran
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Housing Market Hypocrisy
Yesterday brought new house price numbers showing that the Canadian housing market has not, as yet, fallen off a cliff. Prices are down a little in Vancouver while still rising in Toronto. The coverage was accompanied by the standard doom and gloom about a catastrophic housing bubble. The Globe ran
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Housing Market Hypocrisy
Yesterday brought new house price numbers showing that the Canadian housing market has not, as yet, fallen off a cliff. Prices are down a little in Vancouver while still rising in Toronto. The coverage was accompanied by the standard doom a…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Fit the Narrative or Die Trying
The still mandatory part of the 2011 census is coming out. We start with the basics: how many people are there in Canada and where do they live. The media has decided that the take away from Wednesday’s Statscan data dump is that the West i…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Fit the Narrative or Die Trying
The still mandatory part of the 2011 census is coming out. We start with the basics: how many people are there in Canada and where do they live. The media has decided that the take away from Wednesday’s Statscan data dump is that the West is Best and poor Ontario
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Fit the Narrative or Die Trying
The still mandatory part of the 2011 census is coming out. We start with the basics: how many people are there in Canada and where do they live. The media has decided that the take away from Wednesday’s Statscan data dump is that the West is Best and poor Ontario
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Mitt Romney’s Very Bad Day
It is no great revelation that Mitt Romney had a bad night on Tuesday. He showed poorly in Colorado and Minnesota. However, I think the results on Tuesday are more than a mere flesh wound for Romney. Let’s be clear, I still believe th…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Mitt Romney’s Very Bad Day
It is no great revelation that Mitt Romney had a bad night on Tuesday. He showed poorly in Colorado and Minnesota. However, I think the results on Tuesday are more than a mere flesh wound for Romney. Let’s be clear, I still believe there’s about a 75% chance Mitt Romney
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Mitt Romney’s Very Bad Day
It is no great revelation that Mitt Romney had a bad night on Tuesday. He showed poorly in Colorado and Minnesota. However, I think the results on Tuesday are more than a mere flesh wound for Romney. Let’s be clear, I still believe there’s about a 75% chance Mitt Romney
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Hungary and the Death of Democracy in Europe
In October 2006, I took a trip to Budapest for a vacation. Unbeknownst to me at the time, October 2006 was an interesting time to be in the Hungarian capital. In May 2006, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany’s MSZP party had been re-elected under the shadow of a collapsing economy and
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Hungary and the Death of Democracy in Europe
In October 2006, I took a trip to Budapest for a vacation. Unbeknownst to me at the time, October 2006 was an interesting time to be in the Hungarian capital. In May 2006, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany’s MSZP party had been re-elected under the shadow of a collapsing economy and
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Hungary and the Death of Democracy in Europe
In October 2006, I took a trip to Budapest for a vacation. Unbeknownst to me at the time, October 2006 was an interesting time to be in the Hungarian capital. In May 2006, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany’s MSZP party had been re-elected und…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: If the Facts Don’t Fit Your Narrative…
Just ignore the facts. The Globe and Mail ran a story yesterday on its front page about how the West and in particular Saskatchewan is drawing more and more immigrants away from Ontario. The story is one of many in a media narrative that mighty Ontario is in decline. The
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: If the Facts Don’t Fit Your Narrative…
Just ignore the facts. The Globe and Mail ran a story yesterday on its front page about how the West and in particular Saskatchewan is drawing more and more immigrants away from Ontario. The story is one of many in a media narrative that mi…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: If the Facts Don’t Fit Your Narrative…
Just ignore the facts. The Globe and Mail ran a story yesterday on its front page about how the West and in particular Saskatchewan is drawing more and more immigrants away from Ontario. The story is one of many in a media narrative that mighty Ontario is in decline. The
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Stop Gouging Canadian Consumers
Stephen Harper is doing his best John Kerry impression, flip-flopping on his position on Canada’s “supply management” program for dairy and poultry products. Supply Management is one of those fancy terms governments use to avoid saying “gouge the consumer.” Stephen Harper claims to support the free market. He even supports
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Stop Gouging Canadian Consumers
Stephen Harper is doing his best John Kerry impression, flip-flopping on his position on Canada’s “supply management” program for dairy and poultry products. Supply Management is one of those fancy terms governments use to avoid saying “gouge the…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Stop Gouging Canadian Consumers
Stephen Harper is doing his best John Kerry impression, flip-flopping on his position on Canada’s “supply management” program for dairy and poultry products. Supply Management is one of those fancy terms governments use to avoid saying “gouge the consumer.” Stephen Harper claims to support the free market. He even supports
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Number of people per seat under Harper’s new plan (per StatsCan Q2 2011 Estimates):
PEI: 36,464
Newfoundland and Labrador: 72,940
New Brunswick: 75,546
Saskatchewan: 75,563
Nova Scotia: 85,949
Manitoba: 89,327
Québec: 103,631
Alberta: 111,157
British Columbia: 111,544
Ontario: 112, 778