Sidewalk essays

Toronto is surveillance capitalism’s new frontier

How the Sidewalk Labs proposal landed in Toronto: the backstory

Sidewalk Labs is the future of urban tech

A smart city should serve its users, not mine their data

Sidewalk Labs will attract and retain tech talent

Sidewalk needs to integrate with the waterfront

A big city needs to take big risks

The Sidewalk Labs deal is unconstitutional

Toronto needs to maintain control of its transit planning

Sidewalk is our last chance to save the waterfront

Sidewalk’s affordable housing isn’t really affordable

Toronto can create a new model of urban development

Corporations should not be controlling our city-building

De-identifying data at the source is the only way Sidewalk can work

We can harness the private sector for the public good