LORINC: Toronto’s repackaged progressivism on menu at City Hall
City-run grocery store plan says more about lack of political imagination than a genuine concern for affordability
By John LorincA thing I didn’t have on my bingo card for 2026: that City-run grocery stores would suddenly become an all-encompassing symbol of municipal progressivism. Last week, Toronto council became the latest political entity (see also: the new NDP leader Avi Lewis) to latch onto New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign pledge to open municipal supermarkets as part of his broader affordability platform. On a notice of motion by two of council’s more notable young... Read more
