Would you invest in Canada right now?

The recent bombshell announcement that Canada’s federal government is buying the embattled Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline is still reverberating. In today’s The Conversation Canada, husband-and-wife academics Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd of the University of Saskatchewan delve into whether the decision inspires confidence among potential foreign investors about Canada as an attractive place to do business. Spoiler alert: Not really.

It’s hard to peruse news stories about hot real estate markets without reading that millennials fear they’re being squeezed out of the housing market. But if it’s really true, Markus Moos of the University of Waterloo says it’s time to start offering millennials more choices about where to live in both cities and suburbs.

Are you pondering travelling abroad this summer for a health-care procedure? Valorie Crooks of Simon Fraser University explains how informal caregivers – friends or family members of those seeking care – play a vital role in medical tourism yet find themselves unprotected as “shadow workers” in a multi-billion dollar industry.

And finally, opponents of pornography have long argued that porn is getting more violent and hard-core. But a fascinating study of pornography by Eran Shor and Kimberly Seida of McGill University has found that, in fact, the most highly rated and watched videos on a popular online porn site are the ones in which women appear to be enjoying themselves.

Enjoy your Monday. We'll have lots of great stories for you this week as a trade war is waged and Ontario heads to the polls. Stay tuned!

Lee-Anne Goodman

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People listen during a protest against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on May 29, 2018. The federal government’s decision to buy the project doesn’t inspire confidence for potential investors eyeing Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

What the Kinder Morgan decision says about investing in Canada

Carin Holroyd, University of Saskatchewan; Ken S. Coates, University of Saskatchewan

The decision of the Canadian government to purchase the $4.5 billion Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project doesn't exactly instil confidence in Canada's investment climate.

A For Sale sign is shown outside a house under construction in a new subdivision in Beckwith, Ont., in January 2018. Conventional wisdom suggests urban-dwelling millennials don’t want to live in the suburbs and don’t want to raise children in a two-bedroom downtown condo. Is it really true? THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Challenging the myths about millennials and housing

Markus Moos, University of Waterloo

If it's true millennials are being squeezed out of the housing market in some of Canada's biggest cities, here's what we can, and should, do about it.

This photo was taken at a resort just outside Chennai, India that caters to medical tourists following discharge from hospital. (V.A. Crooks)

Consider this advice before travelling abroad for health care

Valorie A. Crooks, Simon Fraser University

Informal caregivers play a vital role in medical tourism yet find themselves unprotected as "shadow workers" in a multi-billion dollar industry.

In a study on porn, viewers preferred to watch pleasure over aggression on a popular online pornography site. (Shutterstock)

Porn viewers prefer women's pleasure over violence

Eran Shor, McGill University; Kimberly Seida, McGill University

Many claim that pornpgraphy is getting more violent. But a new study shows that porn has become less aggressive over the past decade, and videos in which women enjoy themselves are the most popular.

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