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2. Opportunity lost; U.S. cleantechs are scaling up and making coin for investors. Why aren't we capitalizing on the sector in Canada?
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3. Postwar idea brought to the 21st century; Governments resurrect housing design catalogues to make building homes easier
4. Greasing the wheels? New research on how corruption affects innovation raises some provocative questions about Canada's lagging productivity
5. Developers look to fill a yawning gap in the availability of student housing; Finding affordable places to live can be a huge challenge for people attending postsecondary schools
6. Builders face red tape on projects meant to ease housing woes; A labyrinth of bureaucracy can make creating density in a city like Toronto particularly difficult
7. Toronto moves to build the missing middle; How the city's reformed planning rules and relaxed provincial regulations will help add small-scale density
8. MATH PROFESSOR BECAME A LAWYER SO HE COULD TAKE HIS ACTIVISM TO COURT; Calling himself a mathematician who did law in his spare time, he had a passion for public-interest matters, which led to appearances at inquests into police shootings of Black men and at high-profile inquiries
9. Spy vs.sly; New technologies are blurring the lines between illegal corporate espionage and legitimate competitive intelligence
10. Calling corporate bull; Is your workplace full of it? The organizational BS perception scale can sniff out the worst offenders
11. The new normal: bedrooms without a view; A window in every room was once standard. Not anymore - and some people don't like it
12. Toronto writer John Lorinc wins $25,000 prize for his book Dream States
13. Is a new Kent Commission in order? The potential merger of Postmedia and Torstar has echoes of media concentration in the 1980s
14. Money for nothing? The feds are betting on tax credits, subsidies and other infusions of public cash to grow the clean energy economy. Some fear it'll be a washout
15. Going up high in a sustainable way; Concrete is a ubiquitous ingredient in high-rises, but climate concerns are leading developers to seek other options
16. Home truth; Do anti-speculation measures targeting real estate actually work?
17. The ups and downs of high-rise elevators; A push for increased density has led to taller buildings, but residents struggle with elevator wait times
18. STEPHEN POLOZ, JOHN LORINC AMONG NOMINEES FOR DONNER PUBLIC POLICY BOOK PRIZE
19. Living the stream; The next big disruptor in Canadian retail could be 'live shopping,' wherein social media influencers promote and sell brand-name goods directly to consumers
20. Citizen developers are ready to build Canada's missing middle; However, despite a loosening of bylaws allowing multiplex developments, huge roadblocks remain
21. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS ACT?
22. Friends with benefits; The new buzzword in both trade and geopolitics is 'friend-shoring.' But global supply chains can't be remade overnight, so what do we do in the meantime?
23. The bonfire of the speculators
24. TORONTO'S VACANT-HOME TAX
25. THE MULTIPLEX INDUSTRY STIRS
26. A hard road to adding gentle density in housing supply; Developers building multiunit infills must navigate an unfamiliar path
27. New housing, same affordability crisis; Ontario's proposed legislation doesn't ensure relief for those priced out of the real estate market
28. Are there enough construction workers to build the housing we need? A bad mixture of an aging work force, stalled immigration and slow training has many worried
29. Bring down the house; John Lorinc's Big Idea column on whether the principal-residence exemption should be removed spurred a heated debate
30. Survival of the biggest; Forget 'synergies'--it's time for Canada to create competition policies that actually benefit consumers
31. SOCIAL SCIENCE
32. Do we want street lights spying on us? San Diego's local government found itself in hot water over the purchase of a smart city system, highlighting two of the most contentious aspects of the technology: the potential for more widespread surveillance, and the risk of 'function creep'
33. A tip from Europe: To build better rental, rethink corridors; Toronto development looks to upend the unquestioned nature of liminal spaces between elevators and apartment doors
34. Road to reinvention; Can the looming environmental disaster of Highway 413 be turned around?
35. Heat pumps can cut costs while cooling tenants; Low-carbon HVAC systems can provide a greener alternative to baseboard heaters, window-mounted ACs
36. Home advantage; Capital gains on principal residences are beyond the taxman's reach. Is that fair to renters?
37. Building blocks of streamlined construction; How the modular housing sector is putting the pieces together
38. The return to abnormal; The pandemic interregnum provides an opportunity to re-evaluate workplace routines. Will we take it or just fall into the same old toxic patterns?
39. Home and condo builders aim to develop properties without carbon emissions; New technologies could eliminate the dependence on natural gas, but red tape is making it difficult
40. FINANCING STRUGGLES
41. Let the sun shine; Discussing salary is one of North America's last taboos. Could simply talking about how much we make help close the pay gap, which in Canada remains stubbornly wide?
42. Morality play; How to inspire your employees to behave ethically--and call out any wrongdoing they might encounter on the job
43. THE BYLAW IN BRIEF
44. Garden suites industry ready to blossom; As Toronto bylaws change, architects are taking on the challenge of compact housing
45. Self-storage boom is irritating the neighbours
46. Efficient homes getting easier to build
47. Tiny steps toward the missing middle
48. What happens when you cut the gas line?
49. Toronto's ambitious Housing Now drive is stuck in neutral
50. Returning to pick-up hockey? Give yourself a preseason: experts
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