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Dr. David Robinson
Dr. David Robinson
A map of the future
As minister of northern development and mines, Rick Bartolucci has published the most important development map of Northern Ontario. It isn’t a map of what he is doing, or even what he plans to do-this map shows what others have stopped doing.
Jan 8, 2013 2:21 PM
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To see ourselves as others see us
Did you ever wonder what a Northerner is, deep down in the southern mind? Image matters in politics. Why else would Mr. Harper spend millions to destroy the image of Liberal leaders? If you can’t control your image, you can’t control your future.
Dec 4, 2012 7:44 PM
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One big bad number
There is an economic number that is giving me nightmares. I stumbled on the number in an article by Bill McKibben in Rolling Stone in July. He got it from a London research organization called Carbon Tracker Initiative.
Nov 1, 2012 6:46 PM
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Time for Northerners to take charge
The Ministry of Finance has produced the real Northern Growth Plan Ontario. It is called the “Ontario Population Projections Update.” This is the document that will direct most planning decisions for the province.
Oct 15, 2012 3:22 PM
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Cut the forests down now
As an economist I don’t make predictions about climate change. I do try to understand what climate change means for the economy, though, because I need to know where the climate is going to make predictions about the Northern economy.
Sep 10, 2012 3:32 PM
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The Municipal Act makes you stupid
Last month I talked about Christmas presents for politicians. Here is another: Perverse Cities by Pamela Blais, is the perfect gift for your local council member. The book has a great subtitle: Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy and Urban Sprawl.
Aug 9, 2012 6:58 PM
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The models are good enough: 2050 and all that
Tip the globe so you are looking down on the North Pole. It is surrounded by seven countries. The Northern Rim Countries (NORCs), are the USA, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Greenland and Canada.
Jul 6, 2012 2:30 PM
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How bad will it get?
Say Jeff Rubin is right. Say energy prices go through the roof. Will it really be the “end of growth” as Rubin claims? Jeff Rubin was once the chief economist at CIBC World Markets.
Jun 4, 2012 2:25 PM
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When do ideas have sex?
What do Dryden and Temiskaming Shores have in common? And what do they have to do with ideas? More importantly, what do they have to do with ideas having sex? And how in the world am I going to make a serious economic column with an introduction like
May 2, 2012 5:50 PM
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A growing oil sector or a lower dollar?
In March, the premier of Ontario was attacked for defending Ontario’s manufacturing sector.
Apr 3, 2012 2:10 PM
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