Opinion
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The Toronto Mayoral Election That Was: An Analysis
One day after the New York Times wrote a piece saying that Toronto had gone from ‘a city that works’ to a ‘city in crisis’ ... Read more
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Toronto’s Mayoral Race: Good Morning, Toronto
Next Tuesday morning Toronto will awake to a new mayor. And, if all the polling is accurate, that mayor will be Olivia Chow. The notion ... Read more
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Crypto Won’t Stay Dead: A Conundrum for Regulators and Central Bankers. An Opportunity for Canada.
The demise of “crypto exchange” FTX (only a short time ago), and the resulting collapse in the value of crypto, may have been greeted by ... Read more
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Budget 2023: Big Spending To Placate The NDP and Confront A Competitive And Dangerous World
The NDP are the big winners in Budget 2023. The Liberals have delivered what the NDP needs to continue to shore up the Minority Liberals: ... Read more
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Ontario Budget 2023: A Budget for Uncertain Times
The Ford government released its 2023 Fiscal Plan with very little of the “pre-conditioning” announcements that have been de rigueur for governments of all stripes ... Read more
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The Federal Mini Budget: Keeping Their Powder Dry, Not So Much
The federal government delivered a Fall Economic Statement this week. These Statements have morphed into ‘mini budgets’ full of pricey ‘goodies’ that used to be ... Read more
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What happened?: Analysis of the 2022 Ontario Election and its meaning for the parties
In one of the strangest elections in recent Ontario history, voters gave Doug Ford’s Conservatives a resounding victory with an even stronger majority in the ... Read more
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Ontario Budget 2022: Analysis – A campaign budget to differentiate the Conservatives from the Opposition Parties
With mere days to spare, the Ford government released the 2022 Ontario Provincial Budget which will serve as the basis of their election platform. While almost ... Read more
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Budget 2022: Why We Spend
Some Budgets are introduced with Speeches that are written in poetry, others in prose. It is either clarion call or laundry list. This one was ... Read more