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It’s mid-May and things are starting to improve. More people are getting their COVID shots, case numbers are coming down and the weather is warming. If we could add some rain to help with the dry forests around us, then things would be that much better. For the first time in a while, it feels like there is something positive to look towards. Maybe the light of the end of the tunnel might be for real this time.
For those who are keen political observers, things might be feeling better because this week is a break week for the House of Commons. After five straight weeks of watching our Parliamentarians fight, yell, finger point and worse at each other, we got a nice week of peace and silence right before the May 24 weekend. And Lord, did we need it. This spring session of Parliament has honestly been one of the worst that I have witnessed and in normal times, it would be the harbinger of bad things.
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Lately, I’ve found myself reflecting on certain ideas. Maybe it’s the season or maybe it’s being worn down from COVID, I really can’t say. But my mind has been going through this exercise a fair bit lately and it’s had me thinking about how some things are important in our lives. The concept of “confidence” is one of those things that has been knocking around in my mind most. Confidence can be taken in many ways, like self-confidence, our confidence in a product or even a more practical meaning like a government having the confidence of its legislature. But I’ve b
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Welcome to Corridors. Over the next few issues, we’ll introduce you to contributors as obsessed as we are with policy and Canadian politics. Our goal is to add context and perspective to a moment without precedent on Parliament Hill including Budget 2021.
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The past year has been a hard one. While most of us have rightly been focused on COVID-19 and getting it under control, other longer-standing problems have taken advantage of losing the limelight and gotten worse in the meantime. It’s been interesting to see how some of these trends have marked some big changes across the country and what it might mean for our day to day lives in a post-COVID Canada.
Of the trends that seems to be taking hold, probably the most consequential is what’s happening with the housing market across Canada. And when I say across Canada, I actually mean that. Normally when we talk about the spiking cost of homes across Canada, we’re really talking about Toronto and Vancouver. That has been an ongoing problem for over a decade, and it wouldn’t have surprised anyone to hear that was still a problem.
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