quality of life

The Tyee offers its readers 12 textbook cases of thinking outside the box. All of them come from people trying to make their communities a better place to live. Check back daily until January 1 for a new idea each day.

The Quality of Life Report is generating – perhaps predictably – a typically robust response from the right. Commentators are reaching for their keyboards to condemn detailed policy announcements on green taxes, aviation, energy efficiency, waste and planning, within seconds of the report being leaked last night. But very few are attempting to look at the underlying points made by the report and the message it sends about the future direction of our society.