Ontario Inks $1 Billion in New Business on Chinese Trade Mission: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Ontario inks $1B in business deals as China trade mission begins
“Premier Kathleen Wynne is touting $1 billion in new contracts with China that will create more than 1,100 jobs in Ontario.
“Wynne, on a two-week trade missiona to China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam, announced in Nanjing that some 33 separate business agreements had been reached since she arrived Friday.
“‘The partnerships we’ve created today reinforce our shared commitment to collaboration, ensuring our businesses can continue to innovate and grow in a rapidly changing global economy,” Wynne said in a statement Monday.'”
2. Should province, not cities, manage public transit? Toronto’s Board of Trade says yes
“If the GTHA and Waterloo Region really want a modern transportation network, the province should take over all of the work of local transit agencies like the TTC, the Toronto Region Board of Trade (BOT) is recommending.
“Ontario’s transportation minister said there are no plans to consolidate GTHA transit authorities in response to the proposal. But the BOT’s report says it is feasible for Queen’s Park to upload the various services, and that municipalities like Toronto — which could save some $93 million per year plus some $15 billion more in unfunded capital liability — would benefit.”
– CBC News
3. Ignoring climate change is more expensive than dealing with it
“Had we taken action years ago when scientists first warned us of the problem we would be well on our way to effective mitigation. We’ve lost valuable years to the denialists. The more time we waste, the more expensive this problem will be in both lives and dollars.”
4. In trying to woo Amazon’s HQ2, for some cities, even democracy itself is a bargaining chip
“There’s rising worry that corporations are taking over America. But after reviewing a slew of the bids by cities and states wooing Amazon’s massive second headquarters, I don’t think “takeover” quite captures what’s going on.
“More like ‘surrender.'”
5. Strangers are looking at your data for pennies
“A bunch of apps are uploading detailed receipts for transcription by remote workers.”
