Eliminating poverty is achievable
Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson wants to eliminate poverty in a generation. You have to admire…
Prioritizing key to successful infrastructure spending
With the collapse in energy prices and the decline of manufacturing, the new panacea for…
Home building hampered by regulatory hurdles
By Kenneth Green Ian Herzog and Josef Filipowicz The Fraser Institute In Calgary, home prices…
A better way to fund transit expansion
By Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre The Fraser Institute With 62 per cent of Metro…
Canada’s $500-million drug problem
Canada's cities face a number of problems, including traffic congestion, housing costs, crime rates and…
Decaying social infrastructure leading to social isolation
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities will no doubt attract significant media interest at its upcoming…
Growing number of firefighters fighting fewer fires
By Charles Lammam and Milagros Palacios The Fraser Institute In an era where municipalities across…
The glaring imbalance in Metro Vancouver’s transit plebiscite
By Charles Lammam and Josef Filipowicz The Fraser Institute The current transit plebiscite, conducted by…
Need for more retail space in decline
Twenty-first century cities are undergoing a radical transformation, yet our streets and neighbourhoods are still…