How we handle our foreign affairs and defence and security concerns cannot be separated out from the more immediate day-to-day issues. This is because there are other stakeholders with influence on these issues: our allies. The United States in particular.
Housing experts have presented an affordability plan to the federal cabinet, but it is not clear if the advice of the witnesses will be fully taken. Trudeau came under fire prior to the cabinet retreat after he stated that housing is not a primary federal responsibility, and put the onus on the provinces instead.
The red wines of Roussillon, the Catalan region of France to the southwest of the Languedoc, in particular, are having a bit of a moment. Look for wines under the appellations IGP Côtes Catalanes, or AOC Roussillon or Roussillon Villages.
Fitch expects the government deficit in the U.S. to reach 6.3 percent of GDP this year. Such public borrowing—especially during a period of strong economic performance—is not sustainable. And long-term projections paint an even bleaker picture.
The fight over new housing permissions is ultimately a fight for the future. The strategies and tactics proposed for that fight are critical and should be critically considered, as are the conviction and will of the fighter.
The priority today must be to unblock the restrictions at all levels of government that prevent our private sector from building. That’s it. In many cases, those restrictions come packaged in policies called “green standards” or “sustainable design requirements”, but these all add up to more bureaucracy, more costs, and fewer units of housing getting built.
This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Frédéric Bouchard, the dean of Arts and Sciences at the Université de Montréal and former chair of the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System. They discuss the panel’s 2023 report on improving federal investments in science, research, and innovation and its policy implications.
Housing is slated to be a major topic at this week’s federal government’s cabinet retreat. Some analysts, however, are skeptical and do not believe the federal government is actually all that serious about making homes more affordable.
It’s difficult to see how Israel could settle on a written constitution amid the current turmoil. If the Court invalidates Netanyahu’s reforms, as it is widely rumoured to be inclined to do, it’s difficult to see how Israeli society will recover from the crisis.
After decades of maintaining a relatively harmonious balance between high levels of immigration and social welfare, Canada finally appears to be at the precipice of the Sophie’s Choice-esque dilemma that has long plagued other Western societies.
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