The Sharing Economy

The Sharing Economy
Post Date January 13, 2016
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Category Economy, Government, Municipalities

In November, Why Should I Care was happy to have a large panel to discuss the sharing economy, the role of government and what can be done for the future.

 

The varied panel included Noah Zon from the Mowat Centre, Liam McGuinty from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Ashley Csanady and Hamid Akbari, CEO of BlancRide.

 

Noah began the event by giving a general definition of sharing economy. The sharing economy can be either the sharing of assets for a short-term basis or the idea of …

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The Energy From Waste debate needs to be had

The Energy From Waste debate needs to be had
Post Date April 09, 2015
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Category Environment, Government, Municipalities

As cities grow and demands on our time increase, invariably, we opt for convenience when available. This applies to waste and usually means an increase in single use disposable items such as prepared food containers, packaged chemical cleaning solutions and other such functional products. Most of our materials can’t be recycled and a great deal ends up in the great Pacific garbage patch as shipping containers fall off ships with our plastic “recycling” bound for China. Many countries in the world have already led the …

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Doing nothing to the Gardiner is too costly – By Fred

Doing nothing to the Gardiner is too costly – By Fred
Post Date April 17, 2013
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Category Cities, Municipalities

On April 15, Calvin Brook, an urban designer and planner with Brook McIlroy and Dr Eric Miller, a civil engineering professor at the University of Toronto, led our discussion on the state and future of the Gardiner Expressway. The issues at stake are transportation and urban design.
We started with a litany of facts: at peak times a lane on the Gardiner carries 2000 cars per hour, with 1.2 people per car, and three lanes in each direction. So we get to about 7200 people per …

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