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Questions for City Charter supporters: What and whom is it for?
By Tricia Wood
Note: At the end of November, I was part of a panel hosted by the Institute for Municipal Finance and Governance on “Does Toronto Need... Read More
LORINC: Burning down the (laneway) house
By John Lorinc
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
By Alok Mukherjee
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
By John Lorinc
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?
By John Clapp
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
By Spacing
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
EVENT: No Place To Go — A public talk about public washrooms with Lezlie Lowe
By Matthew Blackett
WHAT: No Place To Go: A public talk about public washrooms WHERE: at the Spacing Store: 401 Richmond St W. WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 4... Read More
LORINC: Can John Tory Turn the Page on the Shelter Crisis?
By John Lorinc
I haven’t observed a political crisis this ripe with potential since that weird interlude during the 2008 credit meltdown when the... Read More
LORINC: St. Clair Reservoir Toronto’s other ‘palace of water’
By John Lorinc
Toronto Water’s ongoing efforts to complete a state-of-good-repair overhaul on the St. Clair Reservoir, under Sir Winston Churchill... Read More
LORINC: Does the new TCHC fire safety plan go far enough?
By John Lorinc
In the days and weeks following the Grenfell high rise fire disaster in London, U.K. last June, thousands of Toronto apartment... Read More