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Regina’s road rage
If the supposed global “War on Cars” was true, then there is probably no city in North America where the automobile has won a more…
Six Questions About the Future of Portage Place
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 29, 2024
Watch your step, buster!
My hometown of Ottawa boasts a pair of scenic and winding roadways on both sides of the Rideau Canal. One of them is the Queen…
Cities could be the engines for addressing crises—if we push them
Cities are the locus of social, environmental, and economic struggles. There are three fundamental conflicts and challenges that are playing out in cities: inequality, climate…
Cities are central to resolving the challenges of our time
Cities are a constant work in progress. Great cities attract great talent. They are where we find the most specialized health care. They provide for…
Cities are central to capitalism—and could be central to its undoing
The decades after the French Revolution were tumultuous in Paris. Every few years, it seemed, the popular classes, made up of the poor and oppressed…
Canadian policy innovations
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The intersectional city
Cities reflect the avoidable—yet escalating—inequality that stems from prioritizing financial profits over the well-being of people and our environment.
Taking back our cities
When I was living in Edmonton, I managed to snag one of the (relatively) rare apartments in that city where you could walk to the…
#Blocksidewalk, the last progressive NIMBY effort?
#Blocksidewalk was a grassroots campaign that formed in 2019 after a Toronto Star article reported that Google-subsidiary Sidewalk Labs was after hundreds of acres of publicly owned…
The Monitor – Spring 2024
Today, more than 80 per cent of Canada’s population lives in cities. They’re the engines of economic growth, but far too many cities are stuck…
A Modest Proposal
Canadian cities have been straining under the weight of greater demand for improved and accessible public services—coupled with less support from senior levels of government…
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