Politics

LORINC: Joe Biden’s unexpected role in the future of Canadian cities

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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There could have scarcely been a more succinct visual metaphor for the chronically dysfunctional relationship between City Hall and... Read More