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Category Archives: Regulation
Planners from hell -Rules are rules — or are they?
(September 21, 1996) Rules are rules – or are they? Municipal governments have given the world more than their fair share of procedures, bylaws and regulations. So you would think they’d be the first to play their own rules. Well, think again. Continue reading
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Getting away with murder
(September 21, 1996) The room, set aside to hear young offender cases at the Scarborough, Ontario, courthouse, is called the Yo-Yo court. The room, always crowded, is especially cramped today. Several reporters are present, mingling with the families of accused teens and the families of the victims. Continue reading
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Planners from hell – They drive horses, don’t they?
(June 21, 1996) Carl Wagler was born on the same rich, rolling farmland near Stratford, Ontario, that his Amish father and grandfather had farmed before him. And he would have liked to live out his life there. Continue reading
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On the street where you park
(December 21, 1995) Privatizing residential street parking will keep the lilacs blooming, the larks singing and the pavement to a minimum. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 