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LORINC: Council fails accountability test on defunding the police

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For all the heat and light generated by Monday’s debate over defunding or detasking the police, the compromise — or compromised... Read More

THOMPSON: Saunders’ departure won’t fix the problem of policing in Toronto

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What can be said about chief Mark Saunders’ sudden departure from the Toronto Police Service (TPS)? In truth, I am neither happy nor... Read More

LORINC: Police can’t find road to reform even when given a map

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Would Regis Korchinski-Paquet be alive today if the Toronto Police Service (TPS) had adopted the recommendations of a sweeping 2014... Read More

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 044, Corona and the distant city

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In this episode, we try to gain some perspective on the Covid-19 virus from the safety of our own apartments. We talk to Toronto City... Read More

LORINC: Burning down the (laneway) house

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In recent months, I’ve found myself wondering whether Toronto City Council’s much-touted laneway suites policy, circa 2018, was... Read More

MUKHERJEE: Why Toronto police are worse off under Chief Mark Saunders

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In Act I, Scene IV of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Marcellus, a guard, renders this famous verdict on his country’s politics: “Something is... Read More

The delicate dance of governing Sidewalk Lab’s Quayside project

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Three-and-a-half months after The Great Re-Set trimmed the sails of everyone’s favorite smart city villain, Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan... Read More

When do we admit that Toronto’s housing crisis is an emergency?

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Should the City of Toronto declare a housing and homelessness emergency? Reports on deaths of homeless people, increasing levels of... Read More

A modest proposal for reforming Toronto’s Land Transfer Tax

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By Zack Taylor Few topics have pre-occupied Toronto’s budget watchers more over the past decade than the city’s land transfer tax... Read More