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Category Archives: Regulation
Editorial – Too much privacy can be hazardous to the person
(June 21, 1998) With vast computer network data bases storing detailed information about our private lives, many of us are becoming uneasy about invasions of privacy. Continue reading
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Bum rap: Antispanking activists need to take a time-out and let parents use their instincts
(June 21, 1998) Whenever I read something on the spanking controversy, I remember an incident a few years ago in a downtown day care. Continue reading
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Planners from hell – Food not politics
(March 21, 1998) In 1988, a group of civic-minded San Franciscans cooked up a plan to address the city’s hunger problem. They convinced supermarkets and bakeries to donate surplus food destined for the trash, stirred up a storm, and served vegetarian fare for free public parks and plazas. Continue reading
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Firemen, Inc.
(March 21, 1998) Contracting out garbage collection. Tolling roads. Privatizing public transit. Charging user fees at libraries. With provincial governments downloading responsibilies to local levels, municipalities are weighing their options, hoping to douse the need for tax hikes by finding savings in local government that don’t fray the social safety net. Continue reading
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Reference reseccesion of Quebec
(January 1, 1998) In the matter of a reference by the Governor in Council concerning certain questions relating to the secession of Quebec from Canada, as set out in Order in Council P.C. 1996-1997, dated the 30th day of September 1996. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 