Ahitara, New Zealand The backbone of ACORN are members and leaders and that’s true of any solid, power-building community organization, tenants’ union or workers association. It was great to see Mike Wood profiled on the front page of the Hamilton Spectator, the old blue-collar city in Ontario only hours away from Toronto. I want to …
Category: Canada
Doug Ford, the Trump of the North, is No Populist Either
New Orleans Doug Ford, brother of the former Mayor Toronto and a former Toronto council member, became Premier of Ontario, the most populous province of Canada a shade over a month ago at the end of July 2018. He’s no Donald Trump everyone said, but he would be the Canadian version of the Trump …
Getting an Education on Habitat for Humanity Houses
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 …