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Wanderings – Are campaign signs effective?

April 2, 2025 Phillip Blancher

It is election season – again. This is our second election campaign in less than three months, and while we escaped this particular scourge in February, we’re not so lucky with this campaign. The scourge […]

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Wanderings – What are political polls really worth?

March 26, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Opinion polls are fascinating things to read about. Take a random group of people, ask them some questions, then maths people do some work and extrapolate this tiny sample of people to project a result […]

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Wanderings – Reversing course is a better option

March 19, 2025 Phillip Blancher

We are facing an extraordinary wake-up call as Canada enters a federal election period, with a very clear fork in the road for Canadians to decide. The hostile actions by U.S. President Donald Trump towards […]

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Wanderings – Putting our money where our mouths are

March 12, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Watching the spectacle emanating from the U.S. White House with equal parts of awe, wonderment, and horror, it is astonishing to see 75 years of progress in trade, international relations, and trust get flushed down […]

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Wanderings – The $189 million seat and the forever premier

March 5, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Well that was fun. The snap Ontario election has come and gone and Premier Doug Ford has a new four year-plus year mandate and one extra seat. All that for the tidy sum of $189 […]

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Wanderings – Focus on frequency and access over speed

February 26, 2025 Phillip Blancher

The long-awaited announcement for high speed rail in Canada has come and gone, and you’ll be waiting at least a decade before any appreciable work will be seen. In fact, if all things go according […]

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Wanderings – The threat of communications gatekeeping

February 19, 2025 Phillip Blancher

There has been a continual decline in journalism over the last 20 years—the number of outlets and publications, the number of people employed, and the number of stories published. This decline began in the lead-up […]

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Wanderings – Complex problems need creative solutions

February 12, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Eskilstuna is a city of 70,000 people an hour west of Stockholm, Sweden. Like many cities, Eskilstuna had high demand for rental housing. Instead of building urban sprawl, a different housing project took place through […]

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Wanderings – International students not the blame for school woes

February 5, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Ontario’s colleges and universities have been in the news lately, announcing cutbacks, program cancellations, and even some campus closures. These institutions cite the reduction in international student visas by the federal government for their financial […]

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Wanderings – Ford’s unneeded and opportunistic early election

January 29, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Welcome to the 2025 provincial election period. Many speculated since last fall that we were heading towards an Ontario provincial election. The signs have all been there for the last six months. The increase in […]

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