MPP Update #222: Is cooperation possible in politics?
This week I’ve been at an Official Opposition retreat in Windsor. It’s nice to be back where I once taught courses for McMaster University in union halls.
We are getting ready for the upcoming legi...
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MPP Update #221: Workers at Best Theratronics are defending technological excellence (where are their government allies?)
Where does technological success come from?
Tech company owners and entrepreneurs? Sure, they play an important role, and always get much of the credit.
But who ultimately builds, repairs and opera...
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MPP Update #220: We need support, not cruelty, for neighbours who use drugs.
As I write these words, I’m traveling home from British Columbia after visiting family, and my heart is full. Why?
Because the last ten days have been about connection to loved ones and nature, som...
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MPP Update #219: An appeal from Bank Block Tenants, support Capital Pride, and more
At the moment, for every one unit of deeply affordable housing that is built in Ottawa, we are losing 31 units that exist. Why?
Because real estate investment trusts (REITs) and developers are acqu...
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MPP Update #218: A transit crisis of our own creation
“We are in a transit crisis.”
These were Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s recent words on the state of affairs for OC Transpo and Para Transpo in our city. He claims there is a $140 million hole in operatin...
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MPP Update #217: Ottawa cares about public health
On July 31st, Ontario’s Wastewater Surveillance Initiative (WSI) labs were ordered to close by the Ford Government. It was a major setback in our public health infrastructure.
And yet, thanks to lo...
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