Daily Archives: July 23, 2019

A time-tested ratio for affordable housing is total costs amounting to 30% (max.) of a household’s pre-tax income.  For the one-third of Canadian households that rent, rent and utilities are a ‘severely unaffordable’ 50%+ of household income in all ten … Continue reading →

I take public transport wherever possible and, in doing so, have the opportunity to observe the epidemic of compulsive phone and junk food consumption.  A large and growing body of scientific studies connect the two in brain chemistry and the … Continue reading →