Green technology in Vancouver : demonstrated strengths & industry challenges

The Vancouver Economic Development Commission is currently in the process of developing an Economic Development Strategy (EDS) for the City of Vancouver. This report has been commissioned as background research as part of the EDS project. Further information is available at http://www.vancouvereconomic.com/page/economic-development-strategy.Business, Sauder School ofUnreviewedGraduat

Urban social sustainability themes and assessment methods

This paper studies the determinants of MPs' expense claims and of their attendance at Parliamentary meetings. Using a multiple regression framework, we correlate the expenses with three sets of variables: constituency characteristics, political variables, and individual characteristics. We then look at the ratio of parliamentary expenses claimed to votes cast in Parliament as a crude measure of value for money. This take on the data provides a somewhat benign view of the usage of expense claims. We use the results to reflect on two views of the motivation of MPs-the public choice view and the public service view