Few Ontario residents know how land use planning regulation shapes their physical environment, including where new housing is built, the size and type of buildings, and housing density. As a result, most people are only interested in the topic when a new housing project is proposed near their homes.
In reality, planning regulation has far-reaching influence on our lives, and
Open access (OA) journals are academic, peer-reviewed journals that are free and available for anyone to read without paying subscription fees. To make up for lost subscription revenue, many journals instead charge author fees to researchers who wish to publish in them. These fees can reach thousands of dollars per article, paid out of publicly funded research grants.
This costs
In simple terms, digital money can be defined as a form of currency that uses computer networks to make payments. Breathless media coverage of the future potential of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has made digital money a hot topic.
One of the main differences between digital money and physical currency, such as cash, is that digital money lacks any identifying
Economic growth and globalization have connected the world’s most distant places. Rapid trade and transport have boosted economic growth globally, but not without consequences: many species have been introduced to new regions, far from where they evolved.
Alien species are those introduced by humans to regions outside their natural range. Invasive alien species are a growing concern for both the
Nearly a third of Pakistan still remains submerged after catastrophic flooding. The country’s administration has denied responsibility for the crisis and blamed wealthier nations that produce the bulk of global carbon emissions for the unfolding climate disaster.
Rich nations must be held accountable and humanitarian aid should be redefined as climate reparations. The colonial legacy of climate change must also
Pierre Poilievre’s landslide win of the Conservative Party of Canada leadership demonstrates not only his well-run campaign but suggests a newly unified party and an appealing platform.
Poilievre’s victory is striking for its uniformity and scope. Winning the first-ballot support of more than two-thirds of Conservative Party members, the candidate received a plurality of votes in 330 of Canada’s 338
The Ford government’s recently released plan to ease pressure on Ontario emergency rooms makes no mention of the mass exodus of physicians from family practice. With that omission, the province’s Plan to Stay Open ignores the central role of family doctors in the health-care system, and sets itself up for failure.
A strong primary care system, identified as the cornerstone