I've long complained that there are too few think tanks in Canada. Anvesh Jain makes the compelling case that we need more Canadian think tanks in the US, too. open.substack.com/pub/theline/p/…

New from me at TVO: Green P Delenda Est. tvo.org/article/analys…

boomers are so solipsistic that they’ll put their own anti-change and anti-development neuroses into beavers, animals that themselves cut down trees to construct dams

The Alberta parallel physician policy, regardless of its merits, is yet another example of how all this country knows how to do is manage scarcity.

Yesterday I noticed the office printer was working perfectly, which raised my suspicion immediately. I checked the logs and saw someone had cleared a paper jam at 3:12 p.m. No ticket, no Slack, no communication. Just silent action. I asked the office if anyone had fixed it.

Was having a bit of a miserable day until this beauty arrived at my door 😍 Thanks Works in Progress!

Average Canadian urban planning:

I always find it funny when I am told housing is a market-failure when it is so evidently not.

The HPV vaccine is miraculous. Look at the green line of cervical cancer rates:

Unfortunately, the conversation about the role of growth in Canada's future has been framed by our low ambition, low risk, status quo culture - rather than an understanding of what Canadian power needs to/can be in a changed world. Great read ⤵️ open.substack.com/pub/0sfnsfn0/p…

left-NIMBYism is the downwardly mobile upper middle class trying to protect their cut of the Boomer wealth transfer without sounding like the land speculating feudalists they are.

this is pretty much how it feels to see a movie in theatres these days

It is depressing that so many people just blanket oppose markets out of ideology even when creating a market mechanism for food banks lead to feeding way more people at a way lower cost. Prices are a powerful tool for allocating resources!

I'm not Jewish, but "may their memory be a blessing" is just objectively the best thing to say to people who are grieving.

What’s funny about the Canadian Housing ‘crisis’ is we’re spending $13B on innovative ideas while Federal building code bans the easiest, most obvious housing ever invented: Small lot courtyard block, single stair buildings.

Tomorrow, Planning and Housing Committee will be considering changes that will make it more difficult to create new housing in Toronto. Maybe you want to submit a comment about it. secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…