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Toronto Mayor John Tory's use of race-coded words to describe gun violence in Toronto, including "thugs, sewer rats and gangsters," stokes racism and serves to justify policing Black communities.
In Canada’s newly-legal cannabis market, retailers will face tough competition from the established black market.
The relief that the U.S. didn’t make things even worse for Canada in the new NAFTA should be tempered by the realization that the moment of reckoning hasn’t passed; it’s only been postponed.
Ontario must quickly create rules for cannabis stores. How the Ford government decides to regulate retailers will have a major impact on how many retailers will get into the business.
Startup yang didanai melalui pinjaman bisnis dapat lebih sukses dari mereka yang hanya menggunakan pinjaman pribadi atau ekuitas.
When it comes to small-scale fisheries, there is no one route to sustainability. Finding success stories can help map those paths.
Ontario’s change to private sector cannabis stores will give consumers more convenience. That will mean stronger competition against the black market, but potentially higher consumption too.
History has shown that prohibiting popular intoxicants spurs illegal and sometimes excessive use. Ontario municipalities taking up Doug Ford's offer to ban local retail weed sales should take note.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is loosening the province's liquor laws. Before dismantling a system, it's a good idea to know why it was established in the first place.
Torontonians have been experiencing pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities since the advent of the automobile. The one way to stop the deaths is to ban cars but since that won't happen, what can be done?
Canadian drug policy began to take shape well before anti-immigration attacks on Chinese establishments in 1908. Drugs like opium and coke were causing grave public health concerns.
Start-ups funded via business loans can outperform those using personal loans or only equity.
Provincially owned cannabis retailers have a lot to do before cannabis goes on sale in Canada on Oct 17.
While the commitment of vegan businesses to animal well-being is laudable, is that where their ethical commitments stop? Are they reproducing bare-minimum labour standards, or aiming higher?
Incendiary kites and balloons have joined artillery rockets in Gaza’s arsenal. They bleed Israel’s finances more than its people.
The Canadian government is right to hold public consultations on digital and data transformation given how profoundly it affects society at large. But the scope is far too narrow.
La historia y las matemáticas nos dicen que el virus del Ébola se extiende exponencialmente rápido. Esto significa que es un problema global y que todos los países necesitan unirse para parar la epidemia rápidamente.
Donald Trump was under the mistaken impression that Canadians once burned down the White House. But he's not the only one who has a fuzzy sense of the history of the War of 1812.
How has sexuality, gender and race played a role in the career of Kathleen Wynne, who stepped down as Ontario Liberal leader after her party's disastrous showing in the provincial election?
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Associate Professor, Medical History, Department of Health Sciences, Brock University
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Associate Professor, Human Resources Management and Occupational Health and Safety at The Goodman School of Business, Brock University
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Professor of Finance, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
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Assistant Professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University
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Associate Professor, Sport Management and Director, Centre for Sport Capacity, Brock University
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Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence; Chair of the Labour Studies Department; Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Brock University
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Professor of Education, Brock University
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Associate professor of operations research, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
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Associate Professor of Geography, Brock University
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Associate Professor of History, Brock University
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SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow Women's and Gender Studies, Brock University
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Associate Professor, Sociology, Brock University
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Associate Professor, Brock University
