Mike's Daily Comment

There’s more to the story in the last decade than pending climate catastrophe, increasing political divisions, white privilege, and pipelines.

A wish that could have a major impact on our public discussions, policy debates and the way we do politics – what would it be?

Calgary and Edmonton should be laughing at this one. Toronto too. Despite many promises – Vancouver and BC don’t have ride sharing. And amazingly – “progressive” politicians tell us to ignore one of the biggest changes in society – the advent of the sharing economy.

What do Boxing Day and economics have in common? Just about everything, according to the author of the mega best seller, Freakonomics, Steven Levitt.

Michael Levy: Playing Politics with Ride Hailing and Peoples Lives
Posted by Michael Levy
on Thursday, 2 January 2020 6:38
What happened to the promise of having ride hailing implemented in BC by the end of 2019? With a political debt to the taxi lobby there’s no reason to rush.