From: Jennifer Y. Tsao To: Hon. Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia Date: August 10th, 2016 Re: How to Increase Affordable Rental Units in BC On June 24th, BC Premier Christy Clark released a video proposing six principles to alleviate the affordable housing crisis in the Lower Mainland. One of the principles is to increase the […]
From: Benjamin Dachis and Jennifer Y. Tsao To: Finding the Parking Sweet Spot Date: July 28, 2016 RE: Get rid of Jurassic Parking You’ve had a bruising battle stuck between taxi companies and Uber. The next battle in the sharing economy is coming, and it will be over street parking. What should you do? The […]
From: Paul Cheshire, Christian Hilber and Hans Koster To: Municipal Councils and Provincial Housing Ministries in Major Cities Date: July 27, 2016 Re: You cannot regulate empty houses away House prices in Vancouver and other large cities in Canada have been soaring. Despite this, many houses appear to be vacant. Many observers blame foreign buyers […]
From: Robert Mysicka To: Hon. Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia Date: July 26, 2016 Re: Regulate This! Realtors Will Lose Privilege of Self-Regulation in B.C The cost of real estate is a hot topic issue for would-be homeowners in Canada. Vancouver and Toronto are now topping the list of unaffordability with average house prices in May, […]
From: Peter Glossop To: CEOs of Canadian companies Date: July 13, 2016 Re: The Efficiency Difference The proposed merger of Superior Plus Corp. and Canexus Corporation potentially paves the way for efficiency-enhancing, anti-competitive mergers in Canada without the delay of litigation. On June 27, 2016 the Canadian Competition Bureau issued a “no action letter” to the parties […]
From: Anindya Sen To: Bill Blair, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice CC: Municipal governments across Canada Date: July 11, 2016 Re: The increasing costs of apathy towards marijuana legalization On April 20th the federal government announced that it would legalize marijuana consumption in the spring of 2017. However, the government’s announcement has resulted […]
Canada’s communications and broadcasting world has changed dramatically in recent decades, but its communications and broadcasting statutes and regulations have not kept pace, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Changing the Channel on Canadian Communications Regulation,” authors Benjamin Dachis and Daniel Schwanen say the federal government should replace ineffective Canadian content […]
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Canada’s communications and broadcasting world has changed dramatically in recent decades, but its communications and broadcasting statutes and regulations have not kept pace, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Changing the Channel on Canadian Communications Regulation,” authors Benjamin Dachis and Daniel Schwanen say the federal government should replace ineffective Canadian content […]