Showing posts with label policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label policy. Show all posts
Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Is Thunder Bay Housing History About to Repeat Itself?

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  In the early 20 th century, the Lakehead cities of Port Arthur and Fort William were amidst an economic boom fueled by ...
Saturday, 6 December 2025

What Is Thunder Bay's Population?

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  During the last Thunder Bay City Council Meeting, the discussion over the city’s new Smart Growth Plan included a few re...
Friday, 2 May 2025

Making Major Decisions at Thunder Bay City Council-Part II

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  As noted in the previous post, the last few weeks at Thunder Bay City Council have been busy with three major decisions ...
Friday, 15 October 2021

Ontario’s Pandemic: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?

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  The last few weeks have seen a major improvement in Ontario’s daily COVID-19 case account.   The fourth wave seems to ha...
Sunday, 17 November 2019

The Four Ages of Ontario Government Health Spending

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Understanding the pressures and challenges facing Ontario’s health care system and in particular - provincial government health spending –...
Friday, 25 October 2019

The City of Thunder Bay Has Spoken, The Case is Closed

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Thunder Bay City Council and its municipal administrative apparatus seems to have embarked on its Roman imperial phase with respect to com...
Saturday, 14 September 2019

Demanding Better from Canada's Federal Politicians

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Well, it is nearly one week into the Federal Election campaign and the start was less than auspicious for the Liberals given that a campai...
Monday, 10 December 2018

Setting Direction: The Next Four Years for Thunder Bay City Council

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Thunder Bay’s new City Council has been sworn in and the first meeting tonight will send important signals on what the direction of the new ...
Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Recent Policy Posts: Employment, Currencies and Recessions

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Along with Northern Economist, I also blog on the Fraser Institute website as well as Worthwhile Canadian Initiativ e and from time to time...