Solving the Housing Affordability Crisis With This One Cool Trick x.com/davidbclinton/…

Imagine how much fun Trump will have subpoenaing a sitting Canadian prime minister to hearings and court appearances over anticompetitive collusion under U.S. antitrust law? My Mark Carney on Mark Carney article includes some thoughts on this. theaudit.ca/p/mark-carney-…

Where Carney explains that his plan to put a big new carbon tax on Canadian steel won’t cost people because…he says… people don’t really need steel. This is up there with “the budget will balance itself.” He is Just Like Justin: justlikejustin.ca/mark-carney/

There's been a lot of (virtual) ink poured out over the question of whether or not CBC should be defunded. But I haven't seen much discussion of what would happen the day *after* a major budget cut. Here are some thoughts: theaudit.ca/p/another-way-…

*Cracks knuckles* *Unzips the Wikipedia archive* *Writes code* Hey Wikimedia Foundation, your censorship of populist voices is about to backfire. 🚀

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Canadians have limited free speech protections under the law. But our government just can't seem to stop talking. Perhaps there's a connection. theaudit.ca/p/should-gover…

If by "wealth" we mean having enough cash to keep spending at current rates even when primary funding suddenly disappears, Canada's wealthiest institutions are probably its universities. How should that inform tax policy? theaudit.ca/p/how-wealthy-…

If Mark Carney won't respond in depth to serious questions in live interviews, then we'll have to rely on his AI avatar to deliver. Read this virtual interview where Carney responds to all the tough questions you'd want to ask him yourself. theaudit.ca/p/an-in-depth-…

State capacity is the measure of a government’s ability to get stuff done that benefits its population. But if a government keeps itself busy pushing bills through Parliament that, one after another, fail to accomplish anything, is that state INcapacity? theaudit.ca/p/measuring-ca…

If your only impact on government policy comes through your vote, then I guess you're a loser. Canadian courts, constitutional rules, and official hiring practices all contribute to a public environment where some have more say in governance than others. theaudit.ca/p/should-we-al…

Trades can reliably offer higher than average wages and job vacancies. And all the necessary government support infrastructure is already in place. So why don't more young Canadians sign up? Perhaps part of the problem is the culture of public education. theaudit.ca/p/are-careers-…

Official inflation index numbers are just one way to measure how much it costs to keep your family alive. Other approaches might give us different results - and perhaps measure different economic AND social changes. theaudit.ca/p/is-governmen…

Imagine a government initiative in support of private developers that could put a real dent in the national housing crisis - and all for a couple hundred thousand dollars. And idea so clever, there's no way any public official would touch it. theaudit.ca/p/how-governme…

The government framed their housing construction programs in terms of affordable housing, but the details make it clear that it's really about promoting social inclusion and energy efficiency. The odds are we'll see no new housing that's affordable. theaudit.ca/p/are-federal-…

If "democracy" is a system where all citizens enjoy the equal right to select and petition the people who occupy public office, then Canada is no democracy. theaudit.ca/p/the-hollow-e…

It seems that less than five percent of the people Toronto Police Services arrest and charge for a wide range of serious crimes ever see a courtroom. So why do we spend so much money (and risk officers' lives) when everyone knows what's going to happen? theaudit.ca/p/police-vs-th…

All the cool kids are jumping on the A.I. investment bandwagon right now - including the Government of Canada. But considering all the risks and the glaring policy contradictions, does that actually make sense? theaudit.ca/p/when-ai-inve…

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