Aaron Wherry for Maclean's
lays out the issue with the legal justification for Canada's intervention in Syria. No laughing matter, certainly.
There seems to be
something very strange happening in Brampton. The chief bureaucrat at the city
has left. Reading San Grewal's article it's not hard to imagine why he has been ousted.
As I've shared on this
blog many times before, I am a fan of the work done by the people over at
Strong Towns. Recently they have been taking a look at the infrastructure
lobby. There seems to be a major contradiction: we have a massive backlog of
maintenance, and most spending seems to be on new construction. It's baffling.
Strong Towns takes apart some of the claims of pro-builder organizations here.
Definitely related to the
above, how much is sprawl costing America? I promise you we are not so different in Canada.
Martin Regg Cohn writes
that the backwards fundraising laws and election spending in Ontario threatens its democracy.
Michael Harris lays out
his case for why Justin Trudeau is handing the election over to Stephen Harper. I don't buy the argument completely, but I present here regardless.
Despite much being made of
the revival of Liberal fortunes in Quebec Chantal Hébert suggests that there is a very weak effort on the ground in the province.
Worth Watching
CTV's W5 did a profile of the NDP leader and Leader of the Opposition Tom Mulcair (NDP - Outremont, QC). It's definitely worth a look and gives a preview of what we can expect in coming months.
Bridgette Schulte:
Overworked, Overwhelmed - A TVO interview about the stressers of modern life.
Making Work Meaningful - Why are companies making meditation rooms and putting a growing focus on mental health at work? Two scholars discuss these trends with Steve Paikin and the route of the problems in contemporary work.
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