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Tories deny Ontario democracy
(November 30, 2007) Canada needs electoral reform to bring in proportional representation. It is unconscionable that in a modern democracy such as ours, vast swathes of the electorate should be effectively disenfranchised by a voting system that is essentially corrupt, disproportionately weighted to favour some segments of the electorate to the misfortune of others. Continue reading
Posted in Electoral Reform
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A force for division
(October 4, 2007) Ontario is full of alienated minorities, demographic and geographic groups who lack a voice and for whom the political system offers little of relevance. The new system of proportional representation proposed for Ontario, Myriad Minority Parties, or MMP for short, will empower any group garnering 3% or more of the vote. Continue reading
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The U.K. miracle
(September 26, 2007) In Canada, our electricity systems operate like little islands, isolated from the world around them, oblivious to innovation and insulated from the real economy by regulators that administer prices. Our horizons extend as far as our power monopolies, and their government masters, permit. The United Kingdom, in contrast, is no island. It is plugged into the real world, for better or worse. As it turns out, the real world has generally been, and remains, the better place to be. Continue reading
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Vertical Farming
(July 21, 2007) This idea, as old as Nebuchadnezzar’s Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, has been pursued throughout history and continues to inspire. Countless organizations raise vegetation to new heights in big cities throughout the western world, for both food and flowers. The latest and most dazzling urban farm scheme yet comes from New York’s Columbia University. Continue reading
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Toronto Mayor Miller
(November 17, 2006) David Miller, get off your knees! What a spectacle you made of yourself on election eve. No sooner did you win re-election as Toronto’s Mayor than you began begging senior levels of government for money. “Tonight you have given me a strong mandate to tell the Premier and the Prime Minister that Toronto needs a 1 cents share of the existing sales taxes, and we will not take no for an answer,” you said in your victory speech, and then you said it again, in case the Premier and the Prime Minister weren’t listening. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 