Archive for June, 2009
Will there be corporate resistance to smaller homes
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Since World War II, the North American landscape has been remade to suit the automobile. Urban spaces often languished (with notable exceptions) in favour of suburban spaces, spread out such that driving and automobile ownership became necessities.
A tremendous automotive-industry lobby contributed to this phenomenon. Government built roads provided a massive subsidy to the motor vehicle […]
Toronto’s remarkable resiliency to the 2009 recession
Saturday, June 13th, 2009If you exclude manufacturing employment, there were more jobs in Toronto in May 2008 than May 2009, according to the Labour Force Survey produced monthly by Statistics Canada. Jobs in categories that include the financial sector and accounting continue to grow — albeit more slowly than during the boom times.
The last big recession, which […]