PepperberryMar 22
A comprehensive critical analysis of Ontario's political economy — what works, what doesn't, and why the system keeps producing the same outcomes regardless of which party holds power.

Covers housing, healthcare, energy, bureaucratic inertia, special interests,
fiscal deficits, short-termism, and three scenarios for the province's future.

It's not a partisan document. The failures are bipartisan and structural.

→ https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com

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On the Ontario Public Service:

The OPS has developed the institutional culture of a large monopoly:
hierarchical, risk-averse, process-obsessed, and constitutionally allergic
to accountability for outcomes.

It is extraordinarily good at generating paper — reports, frameworks,
consultations, strategies. What it is not good at is translating any of
that paper into action.

This pattern persists across every partisan government. Which tells you
it's institutional, not ideological.
Mar 22 at 11:59pmWeb