What are we reading? September 10, 2020

Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web.

Mark Falkenberg, deputy managing editor:

Potential legal grief for Google as lawyers in B.C., Ontario and Quebec file class-action lawsuits against the tech giant.

According to the claim, Google “turns Canadians’ electronics into tracking devices, which it uses to build profiles on almost every Internet user in Canada; even people Google has no relationship with, all without their consent.” – ITWorld Canada

https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/canadian-law-firms-team-up-to-file-class-action-suit-against-google/435459

The shift to working from home may be driving increased demand for single-family homes, as buyers look for more room. – Georgia Straight

https://www.straight.com/news/canada-real-estate-rbc-economics-observes-growing-preference-for-single-detached-homes-over

Emma Crawford Hampel, online editor: 

It has been six months since Canada saw its first pandemic-related death. How is the country doing when it comes to flattening the curve? This graph shows where things are heading, broken down by province. – Macleans

https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/coronavirus-in-canada-these-charts-show-how-our-fight-to-flatten-the-curve-is-going/

Timothy Renshaw, managing editor: 

Any chance that recovery for the  international airline and airport business is anywhere near getting off the runway any time soon? Facing a 5.6 billion passenger decrease and a $105 billion revenue freefall in 2020, wishful thinkers at Airports Council International (ACI) World have got a plan in hand. – Airports Council International

https://store.aci.aero/form/policy-brief-path-to-the-airport-industry-recovery-restoring-a-sustainable-economic-equilibrium/