Haider-Moranis Bulletin – Page 11 – Murtaza Haider and Stephen Moranis

How Weak Housing Supply Is Worsening Housing Affordability

By murtaza Published on 2017-01-03 in the Huffington Post

The year 2016 came to a close with no respite from fast-rising house prices. The prospective homebuyers are perturbed by the prices they deem unaffordable.…

Lower speed limits might not make Toronto streets any safer

By murtaza Published on 2015-06-25 in the Globe and Mail

If Ralph Nader were to opine on lowering speed limits in Toronto, he might argue it’s “unsafe at any speed.” In 1965, Mr. Nader in…

Housing, herrings

By murtaza Published on 2016-05-25 in the Globe and Mail

Re Universities Struggle To Find Affordable Housing (May 24): Housing affordability might have some role in preventing highly valued academics from joining schools in Vancouver…

Are Torontonians Spending Too Much Time Commuting?

By murtaza Published on 2014-05-07 in the Huffington Post

Toronto’s long commute times have become a constant refrain dominating the public discourse. Many believe that the commute times are excessive. However, if the laws…

Public transit is better, but cars are faster

By murtaza Published on 2013-07-02 in the Globe and Mail

Transit may be the better way, but it is certainly not the faster one. The latest data from Statistics Canada has revealed the most avoided…