Podcast
Victoria Fenner
| From the Press Progress Summit 2017, an exploration of how to build Canada’s progressive future at the most local of political levels – our cities and towns. |
Blog
Stephen Kimber
| It will come as a surprise to no one -- least of all to Lil herself -- when I predict Lil MacPherson will not be mayor of Halifax after all the votes are counted. So why then did she even bother? |
Blog
Keith Reynolds
| From public transit to sewage treatment, many local issues are connected to the growing crisis confronting towns and cities in Canada facing growing costs and limited revenues. |
Blog
Janet Newbury
| With municipal elections on the horizon in British Columbia, it is worth paying attention to the nature of political discourse in this province -- and considering its implications and alternatives. |
RabbleTV
Humberto DaSilva
| Former Ontario Premier Mike Harris said amalgamation would decrease the cost and size of government. But, you don't make things bigger to reduce their size and cost, do you? |
Blog
Keith Reynolds
| Voter turnout has been falling federally and provincially. At a local level it is already very low. Why should we care? |
Blog
Keith Reynolds
| The B.C. government has announced changes to the way local government elections will be run. One of the changes will be four-year municipal elections. |
News
Ajamu Nangwaya
| A look at the potential for worker self-management in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, following the historic election of Chokwe Lumumba as mayor. |
Blog
Simon Enoch
| On July 19, Regina city clerk Joni Swidnicki announced that the Regina Water Watch petition to force a referendum on the City's plan to for a new wastewater treatment had been deemed invalid. |
Blog
Toby Sanger
| After analyzing "research reports" issued by the Fraser Institute or the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), I end up shaking my head in disbelief. |
Columnists
Rick Salutin
| Could the current embarrassment surrounding Rob Ford be an opportunity to move beyond that ever-revolving bifurcation between roughly equal blocs toward a more complete civic consensus? |
Blog
Stuart Trew
| Hamilton City Council passed a second motion on CETA, re-stating its preference "to be excluded from the CETA," and requesting "an immediate briefing from the Provincial Government." |