The first Democratic Presidential Primary debates were held on June 26th in Miami, Florida. With 10 candidates up on stage, and topics veering wildly between gun control and climate change, the economy and impeachment, the debate was difficult for anyone to follow. So let’s break the night down, candidate by candidate.
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For many years, Canadians have found their country shipping recyclable waste to foreign lands for processing. Why is Canada exporting trash in the first place, and why in the world are other countries accepting it?
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On 22 October, Torontonians reelected John Tory to a second term in office, and with him a mandate to continue his SmartTrack transit plan, provide wide reaching incentives to developers to build affordable housing, and create a massive new park [2]. While all that is well and good, who’s going to pay for it all? Toronto will face a $388 million funding deficit by 2019, growing to $1.42 billion by 2023, and that’s not including the $30 billion in projects that have been approved, but not funded [1]. How did we get into this situation, and more importantly, how...
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Sometimes, the world just sucks… Adil Haider summarizes the shortcomings of last month using some significant digits.
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Exams are over, but life goes on. In this January edition of Significant Digits, Adil Haider reports—through numbers—the world’s happenings.
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