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Making sense of the vote: The 2000 Canadian election

Posted on November 1, 2001 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(November 1, 2001) The authors offer an explanation of individual vote choice and an account of the overall outcome of the 2000 Canadian election, looking at the election from both the bottom up and the top down. Continue reading →

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Summer encore

Posted on August 21, 2001 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(August 21, 2001) Reprints of Urban Renaissance Institute’s Larry Solomon’s work have been popping up in some unexpected places. Hort-Pro Gardening Online Magazine excerpted Larry’s review of author and literary agent Bill Adler Jr.’s updated editon of Outwitting Neighbors – an installment in Adler’s Outwitting series that includes outsmarting various subjects ranging from squirrels to teenagers, to computers, and traffic. Hort-Pro’s highlight singled out Adler’s assessment of community associations as suiting people who craved “rules and order” and the “exact height of hedges.” Continue reading →

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Taking a toll

Posted on March 8, 2001 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(March 8, 2001) Re: Toll Today’s Roads, Don’t Build More (Lawrence Solomon, Feb.27). I have a better slogan for you: Earmark federal and provincial fuel taxes and royalties for roads only. Continue reading →

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Toll today’s roads, don’t build more

Posted on February 27, 2001 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(February 27, 2001) Ontario Premier Mike Harris is revving up for what could become the biggest highway building program in the country’s history. Continue reading →