Despite widespread opposition from Ontario’s business community, municipalities, environmental organizations, and Indigenous groups, Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives (PCs) are forging ahead with their plan to develop sensitive lands in the Niagara Escarpment and Oak Ridges Moraine. Having done away with protections for 7,400 acres of land, the PCs face an uphill battle justifying their moveContinue reading “Doug Ford’s Attack on The Greenbelt Has Little to Do With Housing Affordability, Everything to Do With Cronyism”
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Jean Charest’s Grand Delusion
After a seven month campaign marred with controversy — including accusations of internal corruption and party infighting — the Conservative Party of Canada has elected Pierre Poilievre as its next leader. Widely regarded as the favourite to take over from interim leader Candice Bergen, Poilievre received 68.15% of the vote on the first round, unsurprisinglyContinue reading “Jean Charest’s Grand Delusion”
How Solar Energy Could Entice Young Workers to Take-up Agriculture
For many young Canadians, career prospects are bleak, with little hope for change. Economic anxiety grips the country, even as the governing Liberal party has enjoyed a relatively stable economy throughout their time in office.
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