Politics
LORINC: The taxing discussion about a parking tax
By John Lorinc
Can anyone who pays attention to City Hall say they didn’t see this one coming? The latest news from the budget... Read More
LORINC: How to expedite affordable housing during a crisis
By John Lorinc
With the launch of the annual budget slam dance, at the beginning of a new term of city council, on this, the 25th anniversary of... Read More
EXCERPT: Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic
By Shawn Micallef
The following is the afterword by Spacing‘s Shawn Micallef in the new book Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a... Read More
LORINC: Can the Ontario Science Centre save Ontario Place?
By John Lorinc
Here’s a strange little detail about the 20-car pile-up that is the Ontario Place redevelopment scheme: Shortly before... Read More
LORINC: John Tory’s housewarming gift to the new police chief
By John Lorinc
In the early 1980s, when inner city crime was soaring in many large metropolitan areas, a pair of American sociologists concocted what... Read More
LORINC: Toronto’s Rooming House deal: Solving the ultimate puzzle
By John Lorinc
Toronto is a city whose residents are encouraged (or encourage one another) to dislike certain things, but who have also forgotten (or... Read More
LORINC: The devil will be in the details of John Tory’s housing action plan
By John Lorinc
Update: Council passed Mayor John Tory’s Housing Action Plan, with a raft of tweaks, including a provision to require parking... Read More
Visualizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Toronto
By Shauna Brail
This week marks the third anniversary of the original COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. While many have moved on from COVID-19... Read More
LORINC: 10 questions about the Ontario Place redevelopment
By John Lorinc
At some point this week, City officials will upload the Ford government’s zoning bylaw amendment application for the Ontario... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 068, Looking for the bright side of Toronto’s election
By Spacing Radio
We’ve had some time to make sense of the Toronto election, and what it might mean for the next four years in this city. Is there... Read More