NORTHERN ECONOMIST 2.0

  The City of Thunder Bay is engaged in budget season and striving to keep its total tax levy increase to 2.6 percent .   ...

  After decades of low growth, Thunder Bay has been experiencing a period of growth that affords it an opportunity to resh...

  Thunder Bay’s ongoing decision-making process regarding the location of a tiny homes village to house the homeless took ...

  As noted in the previous post, the last few weeks at Thunder Bay City Council have been busy with three major decisions ...

  It has been a busy few weeks at Thunder Bay City Council with three major decisions of particular note: not approving ch...

Housing availability and affordability remain amongst the most pressing issues in current public policy and the north's major urban cent...

 Teranet and the National Bank of Canada have released their latest Composite Price Index covering the April 2024 to May 2024 period coverin...

 As the federal government ramps up the billions to address the housing crisis in Canada including $6 billion to construct housing infrastru...

  The Mayor’s State of the City Address last evening highlighted  housing construction in Thunder Bay particularly toutin...

  This post originally appeared on the Fraser Institute Blog , February 24th, 2024. Ontario’s housing woes—a supply-side problem ...

  As rents soar in Canada and encampments spring up in cities across the country, it is evident that the country faces a h...