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Category Archives: Sprawl
The facts on immigration
(October 2, 2002) Martin Collacott proceeds apace. From the alarmism and selective quotation of his recent anti-immigration tract for the Fraser Institute, he has graduated to insults. Thus, for the crime of having provided what he professes most to crave, a debate, he responds by calling me “poorly informed” and decrying my “profound ignorance.” Continue reading
Posted in History, Immigration, Sprawl
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Immigration debate, unstifled
(September 28, 2002) For the record, I don’t think Martin Collacott is a racist. The Fraser Institute analyst complains in his recent paper (Canada’s Immigration Policy: The Need for Major Reform) that critics of current immigration policy are often accused of racism, thus stifling what he believes is a much needed debate. Continue reading
Posted in Causes, Immigration, Sprawl
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The city after 9/11
(September 11, 2002) Sept. 11, 2001, unleashed a momentous, urgent debate over the future of homeland security and an equally momentous, if less urgent, debate over the future of the city. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Regulation, Sprawl
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‘Pure manure’
(May 1, 2002) The following are Letters to the Editor in response to Urban Renaissance Institute’s Lawrence Solomon’s article, “Bad Rural Medicine,” published on April 25, 2002, in the National Post. Continue reading
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Saskatchewan’s curse
(April 24, 2001) Canadian citizens and Canadian corporations support Saskatchewan’s money-losing rural economy with tax dollars. Some may resent it, but because there are relatively few Saskatchewan farmers and other rural residents, and relatively many Canadian taxpayers, the cost for each federal taxpayer is small. Continue reading
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