Opinion. Find Part I of Opportunities and Challenges for New Council by Rick Goldring here. The biggest challenge in front of Burlington city council is the housing crisis. Low fertility rates and the aging population are resulting in significant workforce […]
Opinion. Congratulations to those elected and re-elected to Burlington’s new city council. A new council begins with the feeling of excitement and great sense of possibility. An elected representative has the special privilege of being able to help shape and […]
Opinion. The November 10th decision by the Province of Ontario approving Regional Official Plan Amendment 48 (ROPA 48) included approval of boundary changes to the downtown Burlington Urban Growth Centre (UGC) that Burlington City Council wanted. This is something that […]
Opinion This week, the Ontario Land Tribunal (formerly the OMB — Ontario Municipal Board) ruled in favour of the developer Carriage Gate Homes for a 29-storey mixed-use condominium development on the northeast corner of Pearl and Lakeshore. The City of […]
Across North America, there has been a tremendous decline in the number of community newspapers. In Canada, over a ten-year period ending December 31, 2018, 250 news media outlets closed and only 93 new outlets opened to fill the gaps […]
I am so thankful and grateful for so many things in my life, including my wife Cheryl and all our family, living in Canada, living in Burlington specifically, and the opportunities that I have had throughout my life in business […]
As the author John Allston wrote, the only thing you take with you when you’re gone is what you leave behind. The spirit of that famous quote has been front and centre this month as the Canadian Association of Gift […]
