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Yes, since 1987... http://www.ec.gc.ca/ouragans-hurricanes/default.asp?lang=En&n=E869C1AE-1
Commented Oct 29, 2012 on There Is a Canadian Hurricane Center? at Grasping Reality on TypePad, by Brad DeLong
There Is a Canadian Hurricane Center?
Your post made me smile.. Just two nights ago, I ordered your book through Amazon along with a Jane Jacobs book (it was not Death and Life of Great American Cities however) :) Both books are scheduled to arrive in my mailbox tomorrow!
Commented Feb 1, 2012 on a good reason to (re)read jane jacobs at Human Transit
a good reason to (re)read jane jacobs
The City Builder's Book Club is about to begin reading Jane Jacobs's seminal 1961 book, the Death and Life of Great American Cities. This is one of the few books that Absolutely Everyone Who Thinks About Cities Has Read, so if you haven't read it, (a) don't tell anyone, not even your partner...
It would be interesting to isolate the 1 million or so anglo- and allophone Quebecers born in Canada from the population you used.
Migration patterns, a public policy generating a generation of "enfants de la Loi 101" (Children of Bill 101) obviously had an impact on the number of non-francophones speaking French in Quebec. One would assume the number of older (non-franco, born in Canada) folks speaking French in Quebec aged 40 in 2006 is much higher than the Canadian average of 9% and has probably trended upwards since 1986. Nowadays, 90% of non-francophones in Quebec have a degree of command of the French language, according to figures quoted this week in the Quebec press.
This increase of French language proficiency among Quebec anglo/allo population would in turn lower the proportion of non-francophone bilinguals in the ROC.
Commented Mar 5, 2011 on We learn, and then we forget at Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
We learn, and then we forget
Every time the census is released, hopes are raised for the future of bilingualism in Canada. Although relatively few older Canadians can speak both official languages, bilingualism rates are higher for young Canadians. Here's a picture, based on 2006 Census data, showing the percentage of non-F...
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Nov 17, 2010
More reasons that I will come up with shortly, and which readers will no doubt suggest
Maybe the minister is a personal friend of a well-known census specialist? Which brings us back to reason number 1.
Commented Jul 15, 2010 on "Blame Stats Canada!" at Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
"Blame Stats Canada!"
This is interesting: [Industry Minister Tony Clement] added that he took the privacy concerns to Statistics Canada and asked they be incorporated into the next census. “They gave me options and we chose one of those options,” he said. “This is a methodology that Statistics Canada offered to us...
I'm surprised Jarrett or Scotty see the logo as "sexual". The stylized outline of the Seine river in dark blue looks like a woman's profile, but not for the reason you theorize.
Since the Revolution, a woman's face, Marianne's, has been used as an powerful allegory for the French Republic and its values: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité". As part of the French public sector, I guess the link to this powerful symbol of the state was a major selling point when the Régie adopted the logo, almost 20 years ago.
Commented Jul 10, 2010 on paris: world's best transit logo? at Human Transit
paris: world's best transit logo?
I've seen a lot of transit logos all over the world, and this is my personal favorite. Perhaps one has to know Paris to appreciate it. But that's fine; it's a logo for Parisians. In Paris, you need only draw a circle with a curving blue line through it, and anyone will see that as the city a...
Since I haven't seen anything on this here (yet), I though I would share Quebec City's newest "sustainable mobility" plan. The 20-year plan includes major urban redevelopment with the construction of 3 "ecoquatiers", inspired by Stockholm's Hammarby, tightened rules for sprawling development in the suburban boroughs and a 30 km long, 2-line tramway system, crossing the Saint Lawrence river and a tunnel near the Parliament building.
Systainable mobility plan (PDF, 38MB, in French)
Flash 3D animation showing the planned trams
Commented Jun 12, 2010 on weekend reading at Human Transit
weekend reading
Sometimes, people who won't ride trains will ride buses. Sometimes, you may have to rethink how we fund transit operations. Sometimes, when you don't have room on the ground for either trains or buses, you discover gondolas, the latest South American "Disruptive Technology," according to the...
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