Two articles about arguably the most practical problem at the Detroit-Windsor border: traffic and its hampering of US and Canadian economies.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce assesses the problems in the existing conditions at the border and basically stresses the need to act and improve deficiencies, from new road connections and infrastructure to security and its efficiency.
The Schwartz Report was an investigation conducted in 2004-2005 to evaluate numerous proposals on a new border crossing that prevents loss of money due to delays, and reactions from residents and government officials. Also includes crazy mathematical analysis of the proposal's potential result... James?
Also... I posted a comment asking why waste disposing goes both ways across the border (i.e. Canada dumps in US, US dumps in Canada). Does anyone know why?
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Hi Jason:
Excellent posts.
As to why garbage is shipped in both directions: I suspect it is just a fucntion of governmental and non-governmental (re: Corporate) deal-making processes which work independently of each other. In the book Massive Change (Bruce Mao, ed.) Hazel Henderson, writing on globalization, describes the current (absurd) scenario of two big freightliners passing in the night, one from Japan going to the US and the other from the US going to Japan - both carrying cars. She is encouraging a change in the way we do business which would be more globalized yet more local. She says (in the words of economist John Keynes) we should savor more of the world's offering but not by trading cakes and busicuits, but recipies.
As to your question on Friday, What is an NGO - Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization
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