Tag Archives: Toronto
The Economics of Rob Ford
The dramatic municipal opera currently underway in Toronto over embattled Mayor Rob Ford is fascinating for those of us who live in small hinterland “non-world class cities” that are supposedly devoid of the sophisticated political leadership enjoyed by cities like Toronto. The enduring popularity and populism of Rob Ford in Toronto despite his outrageous behavior […]
Of dogs and data
Over the past year or so, cities across Canada have been creating open data portals (see, for example, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, and Halifax). But Toronto's is special – it has data on cat and dog licences. The data reveal the most popular dog breeds in Toronto in 2011:
Carney’s Departure: The Bigger Picture
Well, it has been an exciting couple of days in Canada on the policy side given the juxtaposition of the following news: 1) the federal by-election results suggest a more competitive political environment for the federal Conservatives in the stronghold of Alberta 2) the world-class City of Toronto is deposing its Mayor over a conflict […]
The Gambling Economy: A Zero Sum Game?
Two stories in the Toronto Star this week have left me wondering if there is a new grand strategy at work for transforming Ontario’s economy in the wake of its manufacturing decline.
Is Toronto Leading Canada’s Economic Recovery?
Statistics Canada has just released the most recent building permit numbers and they show that municipalities issued building permits worth $6.8 billion in March 2011, a 17.2% increase from February and a level not seen since June 2007. Moreover, the gain was mostly the result of advances in the residential and non-residential sectors in Ontario.
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