New Orleans In Vancouver recently I made a point about the overheated housing market there by noting that I had read that a Habitat for Humanity house had sold for $330,000, which to me seemed absurdly high from what I thought I understood about the sweat equity and low-cost building model for Habitat houses. Turned …
Category: Canada
More Worker Protections Still Require More Worker Representation
Toronto Continuing to look at the extensive labor protections workers gained thanks to demands and lobbying of unions in Ontario and, surprisingly, the Liberal government, is nothing short of amazing. Digging deeper after hearing of the recent success from John Cartwright, president of the Toronto – York Labour Council, I found the following goodies for …
Ontario, Canada is Populist Battleground in Coming Elections
Toronto The late Rob Ford gave steady and staid Toronto an international profile as mayor that wasn’t at the top of the local tourist board’s wish list. He had ridden into office on a wave of populist discontent from the outer, working and middle-income districts of the city of Toronto, and he rode out on …