Politics
LORINC: Joe Biden’s unexpected role in the future of Canadian cities
By John Lorinc
Is anyone north of the 49th parallel paying attention to the minutiae of the monster stimulus bills coming out of the White House? Of... Read More
LORINC: The case for way more electric buses
By John Lorinc
Two numbers, and a thought experiment. Exhibit A: According to the City’s latest estimates, the cost of the Eglinton East LRT (Kennedy... Read More
LORINC: The vital need to renew Tower Renewal
By John Lorinc
Almost exactly a year ago, a team of American affordable housing experts from the Urban Land Institute came to Toronto to offer up... Read More
LORINC: Some borders matter more than others in pandemic
By John Lorinc
A small procedural question, perhaps for the Ford government. Should we be expecting to see check-points erected on Highway 400 south... Read More
LORINC: Welcome to the City’s policy-by-surveillance
By John Lorinc
I enjoy the revelations of a muck-raking auditor-general’s report as much as the next red-blooded taxpayer, but I must confess a sense... Read More
LORINC: Raising the stakes in the MZO wars
By John Lorinc
The judge who handed down a temporary injunction last week, halting the demolition of the historic Dominion Foundry in the West... Read More
LORINC: A first-responder service for mental health crises
By John Lorinc
This column was originally published in Spacing‘s fall, 2020, edition. City council’s executive committee yesterday voted... Read More
LORINC: Calculating the pandemic’s carbon footprint
By John Lorinc
Does your Blue Bin runneth over? On my morning dog walks, I’ve noticed in the past several months that a growing number of blue bins... Read More
LORINC: The never-ending war between Queen’s Park and City Hall
By John Lorinc
There could have scarcely been a more succinct visual metaphor for the chronically dysfunctional relationship between City Hall and... Read More
BRADFORD OP-ED: Making 2021 Toronto’s year of the missing middle
By Brad Bradford
The year 2021 comes with high expectations, expectations to get back to the work we started pre-COVID and to build back stronger when... Read More