Alyssa Wali Earlier this month, the government of Ontario announced its intention to give municipalities the ability to increase affordable housing units for lower to middle income households. Through the newly released inclusionary zoning measures, municipalities will have the option to mandate that developers include a percentage of affordable housing in new residential developments. Inclusionary…
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New Government, New Review: The Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Alyssa Wali The temporary foreign worker program (TFWP) has been a fixture in Canadian immigration policy since 1973. The program was created to fill vacant employment positions throughout Canada, although it initially was limited to allowing only foreign agricultural workers and live-in caregivers entry to Canada. However, the program has been expanded to allow low-skilled…
Is Efficiency or Accountability a one-or-the-other choice? The Privatization of Hydro One
Alyssa Wali Walking home on a chilly Tuesday night in Toronto, I spotted the latest campaign strategy from the opponents of electricity privatization: a moving van projecting the implications of the Hydro One privatization and images of MPPs who support it. The privatization of Hydro One has been a hot-button issue since April of this…
Innovation and Waste: Environmental Policy in the ‘K-Cup’ Era
Alyssa Wali Last week, Keurig “K-Cup” creator John Sylvan admitted to regretting his invention: plastic pods containing concentrated coffee mix, which are inserted into Keurig coffee machines to produce an individualized cup of joe. Because coffee is a staple for many, the widespread use of the machine and its K-Cups have contributed considerably towards the amount of waste…
