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Kevin De Jong

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Scott @sdlb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Most of those are supply manged, which is a literal government sponsored and protected cartel designed to raise prices. Artificially increasing the price of milk and eggs then layering price controls on top because the price is too high is completely incoherent
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from me at TVO, on a new report from the Toronto Board of Trade arguing for why we need more provincial control over zoning (and what it has to do with prefab housing.) www.tvo.org/article/anal...
tvo.org
ANALYSIS: Should the province rip up Toronto’s zoning rules? | TVO Today
A new report argues that the city is getting in its own way — and wants Queen’s Park to step in.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New from me: Restrictive covenants aren't just a thing in Canadian groceries, and if Stellantis wants to walk away from Brampton we should ensure they can't make an automotive dead zone in the GTA: www.tvo.org/article/anal...
tvo.org
ANALYSIS: What Doug Ford should tell Stellantis about its Brampton plant | TVO Today
If the automaker wants to sell its GTA facility, it should know a competitor might move in next.
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Gentle density reform in Toronto has been a waste of time. After 4.5 years, 1,200 net new homes. That’s 266 homes/year, equal to one highrise apartment building. And that’s not counting multiplexes being “deconverted” to houses. malcolmkennedy.com/to-multiplex...
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Toronto Multiplex Tracker — Map of Gentle Density Permits
An interactive map of every new multiplex in Toronto: duplexes through six-plexes, laneway and garden suites, and secondary suites. Built from City of Toronto building permits and refreshed every day.
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Cara Stern @carastern.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Toronto's month of free ferry rides for kids and seniors are being paid for by homebuyers of one specific project. How does that make any sense? Just another tax on new homebuyers that make homes more expensive.
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Toronto's $1.4 Million Budget Shell Game
Toronto City Council used a slick accounting trick to turn local community funds paid by Pinnacle One Yonge homebuyers into a city-wide freebie.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 17/07/2026
Over at the Climate Brink I take a deep dive into climate and wildfires in Canada, and why complaints about Canadian forest management largely miss the mark as conditions rapidly have become more favorable for megafires: www.theclimatebrink....
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Cards on the table - I support land value tax. But it's not a football team, and any supporter needs to be honest about the problems and challenges. This links to our model and a report which tries to present a balanced assessment. buff.ly/ynTDuXz
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What would a land value tax actually do?
How would a land value tax work in practice? Who would pay? A detailed report and a model showing the impact
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I'm a bit late in flagging it, but in case you've not yet encountered it otherwise, this is one of the smartest pipeline-related things I've read recently. sagecanada.substack.com/p/a-pipeline...
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A PIPELINE ISN'T A FIELD OF DREAMS: Before Canada builds another west coast pipeline, someone has to show where the new oil will come from
Peter Nicholson is a former Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada and currently serves as Chair of the Board of the Canadian Climate Institute.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
New from me at TVO: some thoughts about yesterday's Toronto-Ontario-Canada development charge announcement. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
tvo.org
ANALYSIS: Does Ontario’s housing policy reward bad behaviour? | TVO Today
The province cut a cheque to Toronto for slashing development charges — the same charges Toronto spent years rapidly increasing
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Why Canada's Energy Superpower Dream Is Fading - With Max Fawcett Must watch interview. Max joins me for a wide-ranging discussion of global energy trends, their implications for Canada, and energy policy and politics. #bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli #onpoli youtu.be/czycTkAYPZ0
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Why Canada's Energy Superpower Dream Is Fading - With Max Fawcett
YouTube video by Energi Media
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"Bike Share Toronto is an impressive success story: a public policy that for a relative pittance has blossomed into a substantial way to move people around... in a way that doesn’t add to car congestion or require billion-dollar decades-long construction projects." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
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ANALYSIS: Bike Share Toronto is a huge success. Imagine if we tried harder | TVO Today
The network already moves more passengers than some major transit lines, for a fraction of the cost. It could be so much more.
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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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When a Housing Boom Turns to Bust
YouTube video by Patrick Boyle
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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
S&P locates its spine: decides not to help SpaceX by changing the criteria for joining the S&P 500 Index. www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/doc...
Proposed
Methodology
Changes
Current
Result
IPO Seasoning
Period to be reduced to six months from 12 months
Initial public offerings should be traded on an eligible exchange for at least 12 months before being considered for addition to an index. pin-offs or in-specie distributions from existing onstituents are not required to have 12 months o trading prior to their inclusion in the S&P
Composite 1500.
Companies that migrate from an ineligible exchange, emerge from bankruptcy, are newly designated to be domiciled in the U.S. for index purposes by S&P Dow Jones Indices, or convert from an ineligible share or organizational type to an eligible type do not need to trade on an eligible U.S. exchange for 12 months before being considered for addition.
No Change
Investable
Weight Factor
(IWF) minimum is waived for MegaCap companies
To be eligible for addition, a stock must have an IWF of at least 0.10.
Companies passing the total company level market capitalization criteria are also required to lave a security level float-adjusted market apitalization (FMC) that is at least 50% of the respective index's total company level minimum market capitalization threshold.
No Change
Financial Viability exception for
MegaCap companies
S&P Composite 1500. Generally Accepted iccounting Principles (GAAP) net income from ontinuing operations must be positive tor
• the most recent quarter, and
• the sum of the most recent four consecutive quarters
Rule Exceptions. Exceptions to the above criteria include:
• Migrations from one S&P Composite 1500 index o another do not need to meet the financial viability, liquidity, or 50% of the respective index's total company level minimum market capitalization threshold criteria.
• Companies that are spun-off from current S&F
Composite 1500 constituents do not need to meet the outside addition criteria
• Non-S&P Composite 1500 companies that acquire S&P Composite 1500 index constituents, but do not fully meet all of the eligibility criteria, may stil…
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Liberals keep ostentatiously refusing to pick up the powers available to them under the Reform Act and then being shocked when their leaders act like imperious God-Kings with irrevocable sinecures. This is the weirdest learning disability. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Althia Raj: ‘He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling
A prime minister with a penchant for centralizing power does not want to be challenged, Althia Raj writes.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It's a good thing provinces don't have any important responsibilities in our political system, otherwise this might look odd.
cbc.ca
Ontario Legislature breaking for summer until end of October, after just 30 days in session | CBC News
Ontario's members of provincial parliament will get an extra long break from the legislature this summer, as it takes a 21-week recess. The extended break comes after the legislature sat for 30 days, ...
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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Toronto is too slow. This subway line moves more people than the 401 and it appears to operate worse every single year.
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Jedwin Mok @jedwinmok.com · 27/05/2026
Toronto’s transit cost disease has hit… metal fences. Just a reminder that $2M CAD is about the cost of half height PSGs for one platform in Hong Kong. Then we use NYC to justify our wild cost estimates for actual screen doors. The incuriosity and Anglo echo-chamber here is astounding.
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Kevin De Jong @kevindejong.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Great video series on the rise and fall of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Part 1: youtu.be/nACJOKV_YYA Part 2: youtu.be/ZVzRMrLmQCc Part 3: youtu.be/TiXIIwNua9E
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Meet Canada's Most Infamous Mayor
YouTube video by BobbyBroccoli
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23/05/2026
Months ago, I warned about the perils of direct democracy. Referendums are not the idyllic exercises populists make them out to be. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Why Danielle Smith’s Populist Referendums Are Dangerous to Democracy | The Tyee
Our political system relies on pluralism, compromise and debate. All are endangered in Alberta.
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Steve Paikin @spaikin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The nomination meetings are the problem www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli #cdnpoli @ontliberal.bsky.social @ontariopcparty.bsky.social
tvo.org
ANALYSIS: The nomination meetings are the problem | TVO Today
Nate Erskine-Smith’s allegations should force parties to clean up their acts. We’d all be grateful.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New from me at TVO, about the mess the Liberals have made in Scarborough Southwest. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: Are the Ontario Liberals ready for this? | TVO Today
The party squandered its credibility in the Scarborough Southwest nomination race. Don’t worry, there are only about 100 more to go.
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
New numbers out from the PBO, which show federal benefits to the elderly grew by over $6 billion last year, a 7.5% increase, reaching $89.3B this fiscal year, and will reach nearly $110B four years from now. Source: www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/pu...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Provinces are responsible for Housing but the Premiers made it a Federal problem which isn’t right #Power&Politics #Canada
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Sorry Buddy @3cityyimby.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Worth a read
thehub.ca
Canada’s ‘real estate economy’ is costing us—here’s how
We’ve gradually structured a significant portion of our economy around a sector that contributes relatively little to long-run prosperity
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New from me at TVO, reiterating my position that Toronto's absence of formal political parties at the municipal level is bad and increasingly just us lying to ourselves. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: Toronto needs political parties | TVO Today
We already have them in all but name. It’s time we quit lying to ourselves.
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Policy Options / Options politiques @policyoptions.irpp.org · 17/04/2026
Latest by Kevin G. Lynch and Jim Mitchell: The Carney government’s policy pivot amid global turmoil requires reshaping how government works. Read it here: policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/04/fix-...
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Why Canada must reform governance to fix security
Canada faces rising global risks, but weak governance is holding it back. Reforming Ottawa is key to boosting productivity and security.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 27/02/2026
I dunno, I feel like ultimately the goal should be to have zoning rules in place that don’t require “millions of little bylaw deviations” just to get housing built. www.thestar.com/news/gta/six...
Generally, he said, that authority is well placed. Council doesn’t have time to “referee” millions of little bylaw deviations in construction — it needs to focus on big-picture zoning policy.

If it weren’t for the committee, all council would have time for is minor variance requests, he said. And if decisions were left solely to planning staff, he said that would create a lack of transparency. 

The tradeoff is that by delegating to the committee, council loses its say in these matters. It can’t overturn committee decisions.
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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Canada's 2025 Federal Budget is now out. All documents are available here: budget.canada.ca/2025/home-a... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
budget.canada.ca
Budget 2025
Homepage — Part of Budget 2025.
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Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
"Tax Reform in the Era of Populism" Comments prepared for the CEA panel on tax policy in Montreal. kevinmilligan.substack.com/p/f01c7f6b-6...
kevinmilligan.substack.com
Kevin’s Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Kevin’s Substack, by Kevin Milligan, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
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Uytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Very proud and a bit nervous to share About Here’s latest video “The Housing Tax Crisis” with @smallhousing.bsky.social. This script took months of research and a bit of me losing my mind but I think it ultimately tells a profound story about our housing crisis today. youtu.be/ZEUR9bj89lo
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The Housing Tax Crisis
YouTube video by About Here
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 02/04/2025
Full tariff list here. Canada and Mexico are, confusingly, missing from the list.
The full charts, setting tariff rates from 10% - 48%The full charts, setting tariff rates from 10% - 49%
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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Something we desperately need to fix in Toronto is the useless hangwringing about traffic. CityNews and others make videos on an almost daily basis about Gardiner congestion, does this video once mention considering taking the train that runs RIGHT next to the highway? No.
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Uytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I’m excited to share my latest video with Urbanarium, "Why It's So Hard to Mass-Produce Housing." Factory-built housing is a promising idea in theory, but it turns out to be a very complicated endeavor in practice—here’s why: youtu.be/26iVJfiDgP0?...
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Why Is It So Hard to Mass-Produce Housing?
YouTube video by About Here
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Jennifer Maiko Bradshaw @amoralorealis.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Fun fact of the day: Vancouver charges apartments over 4.3 times they do a mansion, for every square meter. $254 for every bit of space in your apartment. $59 for mansions. And we wonder why apartments are small 🙄
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"Governments have been using municipal housing taxes, from development charges to community benefit charges, to fund items that would otherwise be too expensive or too controversial to fund through general revenue."
buff.ly
Renaming Dundas Square Isn’t Housing Infrastructure
So why are housing taxes paying for it?
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Is there any dangerous activity treated with such wink-and-nod lenience as speeding? The whole political and legal system treats it as something that just happens and isn't a big deal
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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Super cool video about Canadian housing styles! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMLR...
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Every Canadian House Style Explained In 13 Minutes
YouTube video by Sahari
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
If I knew nothing about Canada except the promises from the three parties, I'd conclude that the federal government must have a large budget surplus and no pressing need to invest in productivity, infrastructure, or defense.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 24/03/2025
Danielle Smith insists Trump helping Poilievre not foreign interference once we become 51st state
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Danielle Smith insists Trump helping Poilievre not foreign interference once we become 51st state
EDMONTON - Following a Breitbart podcast interview where Danielle Smith recalled requesting the Trump administration pause tariffs in order to help Pierre Poilievre's campaign, the Alberta Premier ins...
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Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
A prediction: In a week, either Trump will have lifted his ill-advised tariffs against Canada -- or "potash" will enter the American lexicon à la "hanging chad" or "Fallujah"
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The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Someone like Donald #Trump is the inevitable outcome of the US's winner-take-all electoral system. #Canada also has a winner-take-all electoral system. Now is the time to change it. Just launched, my latest deep-dive on electoral reform, with help from @fairvote.ca youtu.be/TdXtMGCdb9o
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Why We Need Electoral Reform Now | The Goose Explains
YouTube video by The Goose
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 04/03/2025
Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us. That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Premier Ford praises KY Sen. Mitch McConnell for, he says, standing up to Donald Trump. (McConnell is the single person most responsible for Trump's 2nd term except for Trump himself, as McConnell opposed Trump's impeachment and disqualification after January 6.)
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Somehow this situation is only getting stupider
A truth social post from Donald Trump. It says “Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a Retaliatory Tariff on the U.S., our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately increase by a like amount!”
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Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It's bad that Canada's GDP growth has lagged the US. But also, important to note that the US has achieved out-sized growth in part by running 6% of GDP deficits and allowing inflation to accelerate. Should Canada emulate this? No. Historically, that kind of growth doesn't end well.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 11/02/2025
So no matter who is elected, the best university system in the world will be destroyed, and it will happen swiftly these next few years. Three cheers for stupidity, everyone.
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Ontario not only doesn't want its young people to stay here, they actively seek to chase them out. You cannot read this any other way. We have net outflows of adults 25-35 to other provinces. The below, translated: pack up and get out. Ontario doesn't care if you take your talents elsewhere.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Eight years ago this would have been an option. Not anymore, not without staggering amounts of investment from the provincial and federal governments. Ain't gonna happen because the payout on such investments isn't within a single election cycle and our politicians can't think that far ahead.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 03/02/2025
No political system lasts forever—which makes adaptability key for survival. @alasdairroberts.bsky.social considers whether Canada is flexible enough to future-proof its approach to governance: thewalrus.ca/canada-has-spent...
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