Doug Saunders

RT @DougSaunders: I am convinced that we could increase the total factor productivity of our country fairly dramatically by the simple act…

One of the greatest under-documented climate setbacks was the huge number of North Americans who responded to the pandemic by switching permanently from public transit to cars, and who bought fossil-fuel cars because the electric industry wasn’t ready

Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 @JosephPolitano

US Metros' transit ridership recovery, in four tiers: Almost Back to Normal: NYC Subway & DC Metro Still Recovering: SEPTA & PATH Still Struggling: LA Metro, Boston T, SF Muni, Chicago L Brutal Ridership Declines: BART & MARTA https://t.co/f5uBwTQv3d

This would be an absolutely government-ending revelation for any other administration https://t.co/bFlfpTj5xN

I am convinced that we could increase the total factor productivity of our country fairly dramatically by the simple act of banning fillable PDFs as an allowable business medium

This is the specific escalation that carries the greatest risk

Shashank Joshi @shashj

"corresponding actions against India" My prediction: Pakistan will launch stand-off missile strikes against multiple targets in India—possibly nine for parity. They might look for targets with a connection to the air bases or launch sites associated with the Indian strikes.

Carney began by calling it "the end of the beginning." Suggesting that he feels we're in the position now vis a vis the United States that Churchill was vis a vis Hitler in November of 1942 -- ie not even totally sure we can prevail; it's nowhere near "the beginning of the end"

This is one of the immigration reforms we most urgently need. It has become a national custom to essentially sacrifice the first generation of New Canadians to severe underemployment. Because of this, and because our intake is overqualified vs the needs of our economy

Andrew Parkin @parkinac

The lack of recognition of foreign experience, qualifications or credentials poses a barrier to employment for more than two in five immigrants in the labour force. Link to follow... https://t.co/fqF07yzEEv

RT @DougSaunders: Given that the ostensible subject of the president’s concern is a trade DEFICIT with Canada, comprising mainly basic fuel…

This is an important story

Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ

How Bad Is China’s Economy? The Data Needed to Answer Is Vanishing—Beijing has stopped publishing hundreds of statistics, making it harder to know what’s going on in the country @RebeccaYFeng @wsj_douglasj https://t.co/xezzfZiqRx https://t.co/xezzfZiqRx

Comprehensive piece on the reality behind the “foreign movies” tariff, which would completely destroy the Canadian entertainment industry, but would also destroy the US studios almost immediately

Barry Hertz @HertzBarry

There are approx. 10,000 reasons why Trump's ludicrous movie-tariffs plan would not and should not work. But should some iteration somehow become reality, it would swiftly destroy Canada's multi-billion-dollar film (and television) industry. https://t.co/DC0lSLydc3

None of what he said here is reassuring in any regard https://t.co/ICipgwCISj

RT @NewYorker: “This damage has created effects that will be forever.” Atul Gawande, a former senior leader at U.S.A.I.D., talks to David R…