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Business & Economics Detroit Windsor Canada

Biden’s Other Border Crisis: The US Canadian Border

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ambassador bridge, covid, COVID19, detroit river, detroit-windsor trade, joe biden, justin trudeau, matty moroun, moroun's folly, ontario, the perfidy of the moroun family, trade policy, us trade policy, US-Canadian Border, windsor, Windsor-Detroit Tunnel

The US-Canadian border remains closed– and it’s no longer really clear why.

Business & Economics Culture & Language YouLam

YouLam No. 2 – February 2020

February 10, 2020February 11, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments black history month, civil rights, coronavirus, current events, detroit regional chamber, Donald Trump, global economy, michigan, news, ontario, pennsylvania, rockvale square, state of transit, stock market, thurgood marshall, transportation riders united, w.e.b. dubois, youlam

Happy February. It is Black History Month! It’s also Leap Year, which means we have the opportunity to enjoy 3.6%

Ontario Public transit

Ford: Can’t Fund LRT, Can’t Close Budget Deficits

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments andrea horwath, austerity, doug ford, hamilton, kathleen wynne, LRT, ontario, public transit, rail, transit

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has had mixed results riding the Donald Trump pseudo-populist wave that has been sweeping the globe.

Business & Economics Canada Environment

Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax Singlehandedly Killed Global Crude Oil Markets– And Alberta’s Future, Apparently

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments alberta, athabasca, bakken, Canada, carbon tax, energy markets, energy policy, jason kenney, justin trudeau, laura ingraham, ontario, tar sands, western canada select

Yesterday morning, whilst on a stroll ’round the snowy neighborhood with the hounds, I listened to Laura Lynch on The

Cities & Urban Planning Housing

Canada Trip IV – Toronto’s Vertical Suburbs

September 27, 2019November 15, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments capital markets, capitalism, Density, Development, housing, liberty village, ontario, prenzlauer berg, suburbs, Toronto, Zoning

There is this old chestnut in the right wing media echo chamber that goes something like this: “Capitalism provides variety!

Business & Economics Public transit Transit infrastructure

Canada Trip I – Via Rail to Toronto

September 14, 2019September 14, 2019 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 401 corridor, american university, antiservice, kogod school of business, montreal, ontario, southwestern ontario, Toronto, via rail, windsor

I’m in Montreal and Toronto this week for a program through Kogod. The topic is marketing in a cross-cultural setting,

Energy Efficiency Environmental Justice Environment Utilities

The Red-Blooded, Gas-Fired Future of Midwestern Energy

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments coal, DTE Energy, electric grid, electricity, elon musk, energiewende, energy poverty, lignite coal, michigan, michigan public service commission, ontario, photovoltaics, POCACITO, power grid, powerwall, public utilities, pv, renewable energy, solar panels, Tesla, utilities, Zug Island

I attended a forum on DTE’s Integrated Resource Plan Tuesday. The state’s public service commission, an entity that seems to

There Is No Public Transit Across One Of The Busiest Border Crossings In The World And That’s Kind Of Problematic

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ambassador bridge, customs and border patrol, Detroit, detroit department of transportation, detroit river, gordie howe bridge, matty moroun, michigan, ontario, public transit, regional transit, trade, transit, transit windsor, US-Canada border, via rail, windsor

The corner of Wyandotte Avenue West and Patricia Road in the west end of Windsor, Ontario, is an odd nexus,

Affordable housing Housing

Policy Point: Limiting Rent Increases

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments affordability, affordable housing, housing, landlord-tenant law, michigan, ontario, rent, rent increases, rental units, san francisco, tenant law

I’ve heard plenty of horror stories recently of rental increases resulting in people getting kicked out of apartments and having

Urban Planning Transit infrastructure Cycling

Infrastructure Would Be Nice

June 22, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bike infrastructure, cycling infrastructure, Detroit, drew dilkens, highway spending, highways, ontario, walkability, windsor

Last night, in hono(u)r of the solstice, I made a pilgrimage to the Land of the Rising Maple Leaf for

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