Clik here to view.
Ontario government’s plan: let Toronto traffic get worse
By Steve Lafleur and Kenneth Green The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C. Mar. 1, 2017/ Troy Media/ – Much of the conversation about the Wynne government’s decision to block Toronto City Council’s plan...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Touchdown: an NFL franchise in Canada would score big
TORONTO, Ont. March 7, 2017 /Troy Media/ – It’s a great time of year to be a sports fan. Hockey and basketball playoffs are only a few weeks away. Baseball spring training has started. Soccer, tennis...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taxing foreigners no answer to Toronto’s housing woes
By Steve Lafleur and Josef Filipowicz The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C. Mar. 19, 2017/ Troy Media/ – The idea of a tax on foreign homebuyers has reared its head in Ontario once again. After British...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heroes come in all steps and sizes
The folly of government spending can be broken down into eight little steps. It’s an important lesson many Canadians have finally learned or one that’s been permanently reinforced, thanks to Adi Astl’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taking the air out of Airbnb
In Canada, Airbnb is getting … well … deflated. The ironic reason is that it’s become too popular. Airbnb is an online service for “Air bed and breakfast.” It’s for guests who want a cheap place to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ottawa’s Supercluster initiative a mess of monumental proportions
Governments always want to look like they’re implementing good ideas and accomplishing important things. Take the Innovation Superclusters Initiative (ISI) for example. The federal government plans to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ramping up immigration without a broad-based plan disastrous
With a falling birth rate, an aging workforce and a shortage of skilled workers, Canada depends on immigration. Instead of talking about building walls like our U.S. neighbours, Canadians acknowledge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The battle against Airbnb flies in the face of freedom of choice
“There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” Pierre Trudeau, then justice minister of Canada, famously said in 1967. Fifty years later, this statement is no longer true. People who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can the Blue Jays soar with a constrained budget – or a new owner?
It has not been a good two weeks for the Toronto Blue Jays. The most recent body blow was the news that the New York Yankees, the Jays’ bitter American League East rivals, had won the Giancarlo Stanton...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Toronto FC’s win could transform soccer’s reputation in Canada
It wasn’t long ago that Toronto FC was regarded as one of the worst teams in Major League Soccer history. Now, they’re at the pinnacle of success – and in a unique position to permanently transform...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The urban squeeze myth laid bare
By Josef Filipowicz and Kenneth P. Green The Fraser Institute Headlines about housing affordability in Canada mainly concern two cities – Toronto and Vancouver. In both cities and their surrounding...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Curb the impulse to distort history for partisan purposes
Each morning, I peer out the window of my apartment at St. Paul’s Basilica, the centre of the Irish immigrant community that arrived in Toronto’s Corktown neighbourhood in the mid-1800s. Last year, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taking the air out of Airbnb
In Canada, Airbnb is getting … well … deflated. The ironic reason is that it’s become too popular. Airbnb is an online service for “Air bed and breakfast.” It’s for guests who want a cheap place to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ottawa’s Supercluster initiative a mess of monumental proportions
Governments always want to look like they’re implementing good ideas and accomplishing important things. Take the Innovation Superclusters Initiative (ISI) for example. The federal government plans to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ramping up immigration without a broad-based plan disastrous
With a falling birth rate, an aging workforce and a shortage of skilled workers, Canada depends on immigration. Instead of talking about building walls like our U.S. neighbours, Canadians acknowledge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The battle against Airbnb flies in the face of freedom of choice
“There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” Pierre Trudeau, then justice minister of Canada, famously said in 1967. Fifty years later, this statement is no longer true. People who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can the Blue Jays soar with a constrained budget – or a new owner?
It has not been a good two weeks for the Toronto Blue Jays. The most recent body blow was the news that the New York Yankees, the Jays’ bitter American League East rivals, had won the Giancarlo Stanton...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Toronto FC’s win could transform soccer’s reputation in Canada
It wasn’t long ago that Toronto FC was regarded as one of the worst teams in Major League Soccer history. Now, they’re at the pinnacle of success – and in a unique position to permanently transform...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The urban squeeze myth laid bare
By Josef Filipowicz and Kenneth P. Green The Fraser Institute Headlines about housing affordability in Canada mainly concern two cities – Toronto and Vancouver. In both cities and their surrounding...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Curb the impulse to distort history for partisan purposes
Each morning, I peer out the window of my apartment at St. Paul’s Basilica, the centre of the Irish immigrant community that arrived in Toronto’s Corktown neighbourhood in the mid-1800s. Last year, I...
View Article
