As announced earlier in the spring by Immigration Minister Lena Diab, Canada’s new 2026–2027 Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident (TR to PR) pathway will exclude temporary workers whose jobs are located in major Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). The rationale is to direct immigration benefits toward smaller communities facing labor shortages and population challenges. While that objective is defensible, the policy design is: i) economically narrow because it disregards the value of work...

It didn’t happen quite this way, but it could have. We’re marching to the legislature, a field trip mid-strike to implore the province to pay us enough to live in the places we serve. I’ve lost track of my friends, and for the moment, I’m alone in a sea of obnoxious yellow. I’m eavesdropping on the group standing a little bit ahead of me, who are talking about the state of the world in a way I find irritating. They’re good allies, I know – reliable, careful to look out for others, willing to...

Alto should be treated as a corridor-specific economic modernization project with concentrated benefits, not a broadly distributive nation-building solution. While it is framed around growth, connectivity, and environmental objectives, for instance reducing intercity travel emissions and shifting demand from higher-carbon modes; these gains are conditional on sustained high usage within a limited geography. The proposed ambitious reduction in travel times between Toronto, Peterborough,...