Politics
REID: The Toronto vote in the 2022 Ontario provincial election
By Dylan Reid
Municipal issues in the City of Toronto are deeply affected by the results of the provincial election. Planning regulations... Read More
The Tower Default
By Erick Villagomez
“Hell is paved with good intentions.” ― Samuel Johnson “But remember that good intentions pave many roads. Not all of them lead to... Read More
LORINC: This fall’s election shouldn’t be a victory lap
By John Lorinc
Mayor John Tory was out and about late last week, talking up what was billed as a plan to revive the city’s economy but which... Read More
The Overhead: Fixing the housing market
By Spacing Radio
Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing... Read More
WHY WE CAN’T GO: Debunking the Costs of Operating Public Washrooms, pt. 3
By John Lorinc
Parks Forestry and Recreation (PFR), according to City of Toronto data, operates over 1,500 parks, nearly 700 sports fields, 123... Read More
REID: Sixty-two pages of overdue staff reports
By Dylan Reid
Asking overburdened staff for reports is one of the favourite pastimes of Toronto city council. But what happens to those report... Read More
A Better Broadway Plan: Radical Pro-Affordability
By patrickcondon
It’s not a good week to be a member of Vancouver City Council. Confronted with a final decision on the Broadway Plan, and now brutally... Read More
LORINC: Highway 413 and Doug Ford’s tactical whataboutism
By John Lorinc
Going in to this election, did anyone really expect that it would come to focus so intensively on that great big ribbon of blacktop... Read More
EXCERPT: The Islands In My Brain, from “I Own This Town” by Mayor Bert Xanadu
By Mayor Bert Xanadu
“I Own This Town” is a Toronto-centric collection of essays, screeds, proclamations, asides, orders, observations... Read More
How District Energy is Decarbonizing Cities
By Glenn Miller
Although many communities in Ontario and across Canada have pledged support for the government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero... Read More