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Category Archives: Regulation
Discussion Group, Bring back our beaches
(June 21, 1997) “When future generations see this splendid development and enjoy its privileges, they must declare that the men who conceived it had vision, “Toronto Mayor Alfred Maguire predicted upon opening Sunnyside Beach and Pavilion on June 28, 1922. Continue reading
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City Planners from hell – Quebec’s tongue troopers lash out at business
(June 21, 1997) Quebec’s L’Office De La Langue française may claim to be making the province’s job market safe for non-English speakers, but in the process it is stifling small businesses and driving capital away from an already floundering economy suffering from 12 per cent unemployment. Continue reading
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What would happen if we let gated communities thrive?
(December 23, 1996) We’d return to our roots. For generations, cities great and small have used gates to identify specific neighborhoods and to establish a sense of place. To pick Toronto examples, three older gated areas — Palmerston Avenue, Fairview Boulevard and Wychwood Park — are city jewels that command high real estate values. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Housing, Regulation, Sprawl
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Discussion Group, Order in the courtroom
(December 21, 1996) As I sit down to start writing this article, I am about three weeks away from a custody trial. No, its not my child I’ll be fighting over. I am a lawyer, and I’ll be handling this for a client. Continue reading
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Book reviews
(December 21, 1996) Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 