Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Economic Development Should Focus on Sustainability, Not Growth for Growth's Sake

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Recently, I took Dick De Stefano's advice and cracked open the Greater Sudbury Development Corporation's new economic development p...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

After 2015, NDP Must Reject Mulcair, Notley and Embrace True Progressive Leadership

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2015 will undoubtedly go down in history as a disastrous year for Canada’s New Democrats.  A series of events, followed by selective blunde...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Get Ready for a Global Transformation

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The Paris climate summit went into overtime last weekend, but the results were worth the wait. Just about every national government on Earth...
Monday, December 7, 2015

Beg Buttons in Downtown Sudbury Bad News for Pedestrians

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This may be problematic. Right now, at most downtown Sudbury intersections, pedestrian crossing signals are activated automatically when th...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Fossil Fuel Divestment Ramping Up

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Green energy continues to grow by leaps and bounds, as we begin the massive undertaking of decarbonizng the global economy.  It’s been thou...
Monday, November 16, 2015

Letter to Greater Sudbury Council Regarding the Maley Drive Extension and Widening Project

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To: Mayor Brian Bigger and Members of Council, I am writing to you today with regards to the Maley Drive Widening and Extension project...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Taking a Closer Look at Maley Drive, Part 4: Time to End the Subsidies

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Growth and congestion go hand in hand.  The more roads we build, the more congested they become.   But for decades, traffic engineers have ...