In my latest Postmedia column, I write about global urban networks and the future of Canadian cities. Read it below. This column is published in the Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun,…
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In my latest Postmedia column, I write about why a simple majority in a referendum is undemocratic. Read it below, also published in the Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, Edmonton Journal, Saskatoon’s StarPhoenix,…
Anyone still fondly clinging to the hoary belief that Liberals and New Democrats are natural soulmates clearly isn’t paying attention. The cross-border embrace between premiers Christy Clark and Alison Redford…
A different approach to public sector wage negotiations is needed, one where strikes have no place. I explain why in my latest Postmedia column below, which appeared in the Ottawa Citizen,…
By “avoiding” the fiscal cliff, Americans have put off yet again their day of fiscal reckoning, comforted by the illusion that the time is not right to tackle it. The…
The way to break the logjam on Gateway is to turn it from an outsiders’ project resented by mistrustful first nations along the route into a full partnership between an…
December 21, 2012 – Canada’s pension system is not a failing system. Read my latest Postmedia column below, also published in the Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, Edmonton Journal,…
In a new op-ed for iPolitics today, University of Saskatchewan Professor Ken Coates and I discuss the way forward for governments and First Nations. Rage and rebirth: The way forward for First…
Aboriginals can and should bargain hard as they increasingly consider real development, including pipelines. Read my latest op-ed co-authored by Ken Coates below. Is this community ready for the…
Human beings add something crucial to the world: their intelligence. And the history of humanity has been one of the successful incremental application of human intelligence to the problems of…