Elections
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OP-ED: Fighting global warming with joy
This month, more than 1,000 people from across Canada are coming to Toronto to talk about climate adaptation. The timing is good. Toronto has just come...
By Natalie Brown and Kate Mulligan -
Election 2026: Culture wars are warping cycling policy
In 2014, I did something I never imagined I would do — especially after years spent as a political staffer watching campaigns from the inside. I put my...
By Eleanor McMahon -
Election 2026: Let’s talk about local democracy in Toronto
co-written by Nick Vlahos, Patricia Wood and Gabriel Eidelman Housing. Transit. Crime. Taxes. Bike lanes. Billy Bishop Airport. Almost every major issue...
By Tricia Wood -
Brad Bradford’s glaring judgment problem
By John Lorinc Spacing So, here we are on the eve of the firing of the starter’s pistol for the mayoral race, and Brad Bradford is already mired in...
By John Lorinc -
The Return of Chloe Brown
It takes courage to take on a dynasty, but Chloe Brown has courage – and spirit – to burn. An original thinker, Brown has run for mayor twice, coming in...
By Susan Grimbly -
Election 2026: How to critically listen to a municipal candidate
This article begins a series by Christopher Balkaran on ways to approach and engage with the municipal election campaign. Growing up in Scarborough, I...
By Christopher Balkaran -
OP-ED: Can Toronto give itself a green light?
This op-ed launches our pre-election discussions of key issues ahead of Toronto’s October 26 municipal election. Our election issue will be...
By Antoine Belaieff and Kelly Rowe -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 95, Saving Toronto
First: a little rant about Doug Ford’s island airport expansion plans, which have (at least for now) been grounded. Next, the book Saving Toronto...
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Brad Bradford’s name blame game
By now, most City Hall watchers know that Brad Bradford has selected, as a pointed wedge issue, a proposal to rename Sankofa Square while simultaneously...
By John Lorinc -
Church Street is being pedestrianized — that wasn’t so hard, was it?
In well under a year, which is like the blink of an eye in City of Toronto time, a plan to pedestrianize that portion of Church Street bisecting The...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 088, Big City Mayor Takes on Canadian Housing
In this episode, with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pick of former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, we...
By Glyn Bowerman -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 087, Building housing with election planks
In this episode, with the election just weeks away, Spacing Senior Editor John Lorinc helps us weigh the pros and cons of the federal parties’...
By Spacing Radio