The late U.S. president Ronald Reagan famously said in the 1980 election that “Recession is when your neighbour loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”

Government ownership of business is an idea, quite appropriately, in wide disrepute. But government ambitions to control business never cease, so members of Parliament are employing the more publicly accepted strategy of trying to browbeat private businesses into serving political and social objectives.

Leave it to the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to turn a bad decision into a total disaster.

One of the interesting insights from the recent poll on the perceptions and views on socialism in Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom are the differences between all respondents and those who support socialism.

An important new study on climate change came out recently. I’m not talking about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Synthesis Report with its nonsensical headline “Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all.”

Rents in Alberta are on the rise, as the economy recovers and the province once again becomes a magnet for people across Canada. An increase in demand for housing without a corresponding increase in supply is a recipe for higher housing costs.

Just over a year ago, the Ford government’s Housing Affordability Task Force published a report with its findings and recommendations including the goal—since adopted by the government—of doubling homebuilding, with an eye on building 1.5 million homes by 2032.