This fall Winnipeg City Council will determine the future of waste and recycling collection in our city. Current contracts with Emterra Environmental and Progressive Waste Services will expire in 2017. At least eight private companies have expressed interest in putting forward a proposal, and it will be up to council to select from the various applicants. While garbage is generally not a "sexy" topic, there are many reasons why the public should be paying attention.

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Ride-sharing service Uber wants into the Winnipeg taxi market. Looking past the marketing facade, Uber isn't innovative or inevitable. Uber is in fact deregulation of the taxi industry, modernized using smart phone applications and an aggressive expansion campaign.

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The government of Ontario says it wants to help workers in precarious jobs.

With the launch this year of its "Changing Workplaces Review," the province aims "to improve security and opportunity for those made vulnerable by the structural economic pressures and changes being experienced by Ontarians in 2015."

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History is clear: The Harper government's record on job creation is the weakest of Canada's past nine prime ministers.

But is it the best job creation record we could have right now, given how so many nations are struggling with the enduring impact of the 2008 global economic crisis? When it comes to recovery, are we the best in show in the G7? That depends on what you measure.