Regulators

Red Tape, Black Box: Ontario's Regulatory State

Government regulations suffer from some nasty press.

Oct 12 • David Clinton

Why Canadians Still Can’t Hire Robotaxis

The current generation of autonomous vehicles may not be perfect, but they’re already a lot safer than human drivers.

Sep 23 • David Clinton

Some Stuff Still Works

I once read about a fellow who said he wasn’t interested in seeing how shiny and powerful a new car looked in the dealer’s showroom.

Sep 6 • David Clinton

Why Is Skilled Trades Ontario Making So Many People Angry?

This is another post in our series on regulators in Canada.

Oct 19, 2025 • David Clinton

What’s Shaping Canada’s Teachers? Decoding Education Syllabi Trends

I just discovered a promising data resource: the Open Syllabus project. The project gleefully hoovers up descriptions of post secondary course syllabi…

Sep 7, 2025 • David Clinton

Inside the Quiet Power of the Ontario College of Teachers

As we’ve already discovered, professional regulatory associations are critical parts of any functioning society, but they don’t always deliver ideal…

Aug 28, 2025 • David Clinton

Who Regulates the Regulators?

Some of us tend to be deeply suspicious of government regulatory frameworks.

Jun 4, 2025 • David Clinton

Why Modern Household Appliances Are So Awful

And how government regulations are making them worse

Aug 11, 2024 • David Clinton

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