Charles Cirtwill

While there may not be a strong case for a new post-secondary institution in Ontario’s northeast, other options are worthy of consideration.

With “nudge” economics, the idea is simple: people can be “nudged” to make better choices or to make less bad choices.

The biggest barrier isn’t cost, though; it’s attitude.

The Northern Ontario Multimodal Transportation Strategy will impact what roads get built, which ones get twinned, and whether investment is in active or traditional transportation

Colleges and universities achieve these high rates of post-graduate employment for exactly the same reason: they prepare their students to work in the areas they have chosen to study.

As we enter an election year and all three parties start to put together their ‘growth plans’ for the future, this is an ideal time for our leaders to rethink their perceptions of Northern Ontario.

The key to a successful community hub is flexibility. Flexibility in design, mandate and delivery.

How many school boards does one province need? How about none?

If you were someone considering investing or moving here, you would likely have run screaming from the room, left with the indelible impression that Northern Ontario is basically on the far side of the moon.

It has not come down graven on stone that all previous legislation is sacrosanct or that every public program, service or organization must continue to exist for all eternity.