Demographic Decline in Atlantic Canada: Shrinking to Promote Economic Growth
Population decline is a positive economic indicator.
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Demographic Decline in Atlantic Canada: It’s the Economy, Stupid
Atlantic Canada is reportedly dying. I'll spend this week explaining why that isn't the case.
#Sealfie vs. #Selfie, One Year Later
As long as environmental groups oppose hunting, eating, and wearing seal, there’s little chance of trust and cooperation with Canada’s Inuit.
Silicon Valley Is Already Dead
Waterloo's tech boom went bust, revealing the rise of the intangible economy.
Deciding When to Die
Canada is the latest country to legalize physician-assisted suicide. In the United States, the subject is still fraught.
Vancouver’s Wild World of De Facto Density
Adding to racial redlining, zoning attempts to regulate human behavior, restricting residents just as it does developers.
Dispatches From a Changing Arctic
The first in a new series of reported stories from Alaska and the three Canadian northern territories documenting how the region is responding as it increasingly becomes the focus of global debates over climate change, territorial claims, resource industries, and more.
Canada’s Big, Ugly Environmental Problem
Our neighbor to the north’s once-celebrated record of environmental science research and climate change policy has been thoroughly turned on its head over the past decade. And tense negotiations over the Keystone XL pipeline may have damaged Canada’s relationship with the U.S.
Can Anyone Stop the Man Who Will Try Just About Anything to Put an End to Climate Change?
Most scientists oppose Russ George's efforts to fix the world's climate. But who's going to do something about it?
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The Policy Advocate for Households Who Wants to Redesign Social Programs
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.