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Category Archives: Nation states
Options for Ontario’s free-market Tories
(September 17, 2003) Ontario’s Tories are disillusioned. The party of Mike Harris has become, under Harris’s successor, Ernie Eves, a party of Big Government. Many plan to sit out Ontario’s election Oct. 2. Continue reading
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Vibrant Cities and City-regions: Responding to Emerging Challenges
(August 13, 2003) This paper reviews the importance of vibrant cities and city-regions to the provincial economy and examines how to address the economic, social, and fiscal challenges they face. Continue reading
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Small, Rural, and Remote Communities: The Anatomy of Risk
(August 13, 2003) This paper examines the provincial government’s role in responding to the increased social, economic, and fiscal challenges facing communities at risk. Continue reading
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An urban coup
(June 12, 2003) The great majority of Canadians – 70% according to an Ipsos-Reid poll released earlier this week – favour NAFTA, Canada’s free trade pact with the United States and Mexico. Supporters of the major national political parties show even greater support: Tory voters come in at 75%, Liberal voters at 77%, Canadian Alliance voters at 79%. Continue reading
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America’s 51st and 52nd states
(June 5, 2003) George Bush wants Alberta’s oil but, if it were up for grabs, he’d want Alberta even more. With Alberta as America’s 51st state, the U.S. would secure 300 billion barrels of recoverable oil reserves, more than exist in Saudi Arabia. U.S. oil imports would plummet and America’s great dependence on foreign oil would vanish. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 