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Airbnb is one of our era’s most popular and successful services, providing travellers cheap short-term accommodation in unused suites and rooms, primarily in private homes. It serves millions of customers every day in 191 countries but it has recently faced opposition in Canadian cities.

Airbnb is one of our era’s most popular and successful services, providing travellers cheap short-term accommodation in unused suites and rooms, primarily in private homes. It serves millions of customers every day in 191 countries but it has recently faced opposition in Canadian cities.

Canada and the USA are now involved in a harmful trade war that threatens our prosperity. At the heart of the disagreement are the sky-high tariffs that Canada levies on dairy products to shelter our milk cartel. These import duties of up to 270% make our milk, cheese and yogurt far more expensive than they ought to be.

Canada and the USA are now involved in a harmful trade war that threatens our prosperity. At the heart of the disagreement are the sky-high tariffs that Canada levies on dairy products to shelter our milk cartel. These import duties of up to 270% make our milk, cheese and yogurt far more expensive than they ought to be.

There is much anxiety about the impact of climate change and the dangers posed by global warming.

Ottawa and a majority of the provinces have decided that a tax on carbon emissions is what's needed to

help save the planet. However, scientific studies are now suggesting that Canadians don't have that much to fear.

There is much anxiety about the impact of climate change and the dangers posed by global warming.

Ottawa and a majority of the provinces have decided that a tax on carbon emissions is what's needed to

help save the planet. However, scientific studies are now suggesting that Canadians don't have that much to fear.

As Canadian cities are plagued by ever-higher home prices, governments look for ways to provide affordable housing for their citizens. They should look to their own ill-advised “urban containment” policies.

Urban containment severely restricts or bans development in urban fringe areas. Consistent with basic economics, this increases land values and house prices. The hope that higher housing densities will offset the land-price increases and keep housing affordable has not been borne out in practice. Cities with such policies like Vancouver and Toronto have seen house prices double or triple compared with household incomes. Speculators prosper while the middle class suffers.

As Canadian cities are plagued by ever-higher home prices, governments look for ways to provide affordable housing for their citizens. They should look to their own ill-advised “urban containment” policies.

Urban containment severely restricts or bans development in urban fringe areas. Consistent with basic economics, this increases land values and house prices. The hope that higher housing densities will offset the land-price increases and keep housing affordable has not been borne out in practice. Cities with such policies like Vancouver and Toronto have seen house prices double or triple compared with household incomes. Speculators prosper while the middle class suffers.

The recent controversies over tearing down the statues of Canadian heroes because some of their actions have offended our modern sensibilities needs some historical context.

No one, no matter how revered, ever lived without flaws. Louis Riel, lauded for the founding of Manitoba, ended his life as a false messiah who wanted to rename the North Star after his sister, and move the papacy to Montreal; a failed leader whose decisions brought ruin on the Métis of the Northwest. Yet we have erected statues of Riel and name a public holiday after him.

The recent controversies over tearing down the statues of Canadian heroes because some of their actions have offended our modern sensibilities needs some historical context.

No one, no matter how revered, ever lived without flaws. Louis Riel, lauded for the founding of Manitoba, ended his life as a false messiah who wanted to rename the North Star after his sister, and move the papacy to Montreal; a failed leader whose decisions brought ruin on the Métis of the Northwest. Yet we have erected statues of Riel and name a public holiday after him.