Chris Ferris

Toronto and single stair reform. I've mostly stayed out of this debate out of sheer exhaustion, but Pamela's thread will be enlightening to a few advocates outside Canada, and I also had reflux at the City response b/c it really gelled for me that we have a cultural and not a regulatory problem...

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My wish for women on this year’s Econ job market is that you keep your options wide open. There are lots of great opportunities to have a big impact out on the world, and you have valuable skills that many employers would pay dearly for.

Carberry to hold public hearing on $3.2M for new lagoon The Town of Carberry will hold a public hearing later this month as it looks to borrow money to build a new sewage lagoon. Council is set to borrow $3.2 million for the new lagoon that would be…

The Town of Carberry will hold a public hearing later this month as it looks to borrow money to build a new sewage lagoon. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

One such paper to find:
What Proportion of Tax Returns Could the Canada Revenue Agency Complete?
(open access)
utppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

how many lower income Canadian pay to file to keep benefits, and how many Canadians have simple returns where the CRA could help. This seems like a commitment to finally help!

Other key voices on this have been @lindsaytedds.bsky.social @gillianpetit.bsky.social, & NGOs like Prosper Canada. 2/3

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

Intraprovincial migration stats over time help tell this story.

Fantastic piece by John Michael McGrath on our "Families on the Move: 670,000 More Households in Eastern Ontario by 2051" report, and how the GTA is causing a chronic shortage of 3+ bedroom homes across the province.

www.tvo.org/article/...

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91 "Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...

Jane Goodall made the world a better place.

She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

The fact that BC planners feel the need to invent a new word to indicate that a zoning change is government-initiated is very telling.

Cambridge Street traffic-calming curbs having an effect, resident says | CBC News A River Heights resident who lobbied the City of Winnipeg for years to implement traffic-calming measures on his street says recent temporary modifications have already had an effect on driver behavio...

Winnipeg is trying this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Putting money into enhanced and frequent regional commuter rail (GO train) along the corridor from Toronto to Kitchner - Waterloo (and beyond) may be an alternative.

RRC Polytechnic nurse retraining program ceremony poorly attended… and that’s a good thing, health minister says Out-of-practice nurses who updated their skills to get back to health care’s front lines were celebrated Tuesday. At least those who could make it to a downtown ceremony were.

Out-of-practice nurses who updated their skills to get back to health care’s front lines were celebrated Tuesday. At least those who could make it to a downtown ceremony were.

Classic Bait and Switch: Knocking Down Poverty’s Straw Men | Open Policy Ontario Every now and then, a columnist I admire writes something that makes me stop cold. David Brooks did that on September 5, 2025, with his essay Why I Am Not a Liberal. Brooks is often thoughtful. He loo...

"Liberals...over-promise what cash can do. Conservatives...over-praise grit and ignore structural barriers. The truth is in between. Income security is the floor, not the ceiling. Without it, nothing else works. With it, people can climb higher...if the ladders aren’t kicked away." shorturl.at/aOECh

Surrey, BC and the Canadian metro phenomenon of the big suburban sister city. H/t @grids.reillywood.com

@stateofthecity.bsky.social

Yeah. I noticed. Everyone slowed down around them, but even city busses can get through.

I really like this system.

Alternative to slow traffic

An alternative to slow traffic. Saw in Kitchner.

Social media was a mistake.

It's hard to have robust freedom of expression when any unhinged lunatic can get his hands on an AR-15.

If the era of global free trade is over, does it make a sound? - Loonie Politics We can no longer afford for Canadian businesses to be as lazy and entitled as they have grown to be.

For the late/west coast crowd, my Loonie Politics column on Carney's message about the end of global free trade not penetrating with his audience because he won't hammer the message home #cdnpoli

YouTube video by CBC News: The National Canadian-made water bomber back in production to fight wildfires

🇨🇦 Canadian-made De Havilland Canadair 515 water bomber back in production to fight wildfires

youtu.be/MGKOZFw6-w0?...

I voted Lamar Jackson as the 2024 MVP...and I’m all in again.

Jackson and this Ravens team are ready to take the next step.

More, on Scoop City: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY9E...

It did that once. How did that turn out?

Speed tables are good!

Narrow the physical road, put in tall curbs, and put in speed bumps are other solutions to slow down traffic.

Rule 96: A Network of Walkability

Show which streets are best for walking, streets fall into 3 groups:
Priority: Busy but unsafe, fix first
Primary: Decent now, upgrade next
Secondary: Low need now

Walkable City Rules www.amazon.com/Walkable-Cit...