Manipulating the youth vote

Posted on April 29, 2011 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(April 29, 2011) How political opportunists use celebrities to get youths to the ballot box Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Don’t bother to vote

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Other News Sources

(April 29, 2011) The moral high horses are often cynical opportunists pushing left-leaning causes and candidates.

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Lawrence Solomon: Free the food carts

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(April 15, 2011) Selling sidewalks would reduce conflict, reap cash. Continue reading →

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A video on how congestion pricing works in practice

Posted on March 21, 2011 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(March 21, 2011) StreetsBlog is currently running a ten part documentary series entitled Moving Beyond the Automobile.  Below is their segment on congestion pricing, which demonstrates the benefits of pricing roads in just over five minutes. Continue reading →

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McGuinty’s reality

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(March 11, 2011) Lawrence Solomon writes that time of day pricing’s failure will force the Ontario government to resort to compulsory rationing to adapt to unreliable wind and solar energy.

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